Court of Justice
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also in the atlas: Court of Justice the idea
Court · court · court of justice · Courts of Justice · assembly of the Āryas · court of Brahma · courtroom · dharmādhikaraṇam · law-courts · tribunals
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1 expressionCourts of Justice1 mention
Against Timocrates (Greek)
The legislator does not permit any question once decided by judgement of the court to be put a second time;
in the texts
Against Timocrates
The Athenian court institution whose verdicts, sessions, and authority are defended.
Shall there be no sessions of the courts, civil or criminal?
Can anyone see any public advantage in a law that is to override the decisions of a court of justice, and that requires unsworn persons to cancel the judgements of sworn juries?
If he had merely advised us of the right course for the future, there would have been no harm in it but, when a court of justice has given its verdict and determined the issue, is it not outrageous to introduce a law by which that verdict is to be rescinded?
Kātyāyana Smṛti
The formal institutional venue where the king or his appointed judge investigates disputes according to Dharma.
## The Court of Justice
## The Time for Examining Cases
Merchants who are observers of justice should be appointed there as listeners.
Manusmṛti
The royal tribunal where the king or his appointed judge hears cases, aided by Brāhmaṇa assessors.
226[230M] // But a king, desiring to adjudicate lawsuits, should enter the court of justice, being humble, together with Brāhmaṇas and with ministers skilled in counsel.