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court of domestic relations

noun as in family court

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Court of Domestic Relations.—One of the most significant improvements that has taken place is the establishment of a court of domestic relations, which already exists in several cities, and has made an enviable record.

In most states the jurisdiction of the courts of domestic relations should be extended and co-ordinated.

He was young and distinguished-looking, which probably accounted for the fact that his office had become a sort of fashionable court of domestic relations.

The conferring of equity powers on courts of domestic relations is a form of protection both to the court and to its clients which social workers should stand ready to work for.

Few courts of domestic relations are without some wives as regular patrons who pursue their husbands not for gain but for sport.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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