traffic court
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- noun
- /ˈtræfɪk kɔrt/
- US
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tribunal de tráfico
- Well, I was at traffic court the other day and I met this guy who swears that his car was parked at JFK the night that he got a ticket on Rivington.
Examples
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If you have a traffic violation, you can contest it in traffic court.
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What, did you have to go to traffic court or something?
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I know, I've been to traffic court.
Blog text (7) -
If you have a grievance, you may contest your citation in traffic court.
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Usually, Rutger Law School graduates are good for representation in traffic court.
Blog text (16) -
Kessler's day starts out at traffic court in Maywood, a near-west suburb of Chicago.
Academic text (2002) -
Gallas' office now handles administration for the court of common pleas, municipal court, and traffic court, a function that previously had been done by separate offices and staffs.
Academic text (1994) -
In 1964, for instance, Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., as a gesture of goodwill, placed Walden on the bench as a municipal traffic court judge.
Academic text (2007) -
She received a speeding ticket and had to appear in traffic court next month.
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Many people attend traffic court to resolve their parking tickets.
Synonyms
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A place where a judge hears and decides legal cases
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3.2
A place where a judge hears and decides cases about the law
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A place where a judge hears cases and gives decisions
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A lower court that handles minor crimes and sends serious cases to a higher court
A place where a judge hears and decides legal cases
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a court that deals with traffic violations' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'traffic' (vehicle flow/vehicle-related matters) with 'court' (a legal forum), following a common noun-noun compounding pattern. This compositional structure is cross-linguistically common and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The name traffic court comes from combining traffic, meaning things about cars and roads, and court, a place where a judge decides cases. So it means a court that only handles 'traffic' problems like 'tickets', 'speeding', and parking fines.