court of conscience

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They are not sufficient proof in any court of conscience, law, or public opinion.

From The Inner Sisterhood A Social Study in High Colors by Sherley, George Douglass

And the discussion of a knotty point in the court of conscience.

From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry

In the virtues, so-called, he should discern only the rough notes of a general expediency; in fixed moral principles only time-saving predecisions of cases not yet before the court of conscience.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose

The principle of Probabiliorism, likewise, is just as applicable to the court of conscience as to the civil court, since in both courts the aim is to get the truth as nearly as possible.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

The corporation has neither control over the police nor any judicial duties, excepting as regards a court of conscience dealing with debts under 40s.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various