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Kangaroo Court It refers to a court where they don't follow any proper procedure of the trials, the judges are not competent or are corrupted and the justice is hardly achieved and punishments are too harsh. 2.
kangaroo court n. 1) a mock court set up without legal basis, such as a fraternity, sports team or army squad might set up to punish minor violations of organizational decorum. 2) slang for a court of law in which the violations of procedure, ...
KANGAROO COURT A fraudulent or unjust trial where the decision has essentially been made in advance, usually for the purpose of providing a conviction. KINDRED Under some state’s probate codes, all relatives of a deceased person.
Kangaroo court -- Term descriptive of a sham legal proceeding in which a person's rights are totally disregarded and in which the result is a foregone conclusion because of the bias of the court or other tribunal.
See also: Court, Word, Law, Trial, Basis
 
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