kangaroo court

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kangaroo court
n. unauthorized court, court that is not certified


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Kangaroo court
A kangaroo court or kangaroo trial, sometimes likened to a drumhead court-martial or Drumhead trial, is a sham legal proceeding or court. Kangaroo courts are judicial proceedings that deny due process in the name of expediency. The outcome of such a trial is essentially made in advance, usually for the purpose of providing a conviction, either by going through the motions of manipulated procedure or by allowing no defense at all.
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kangaroo court
Noun
1. an irregular unauthorized court
(hypernym) court, tribunal, judicature


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Kangaroo Court
A judicial proceeding or trial which has a predetermined outcome or where the basic legal rights of a party are jumped over. - (read more on Kangaroo Court)
  
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kangaroo court
a self-appointed group that decides what to do to someone who is supposed to have done wrong. It was decided in a kangaroo court that he would have to pay for the damage that he had caused to the school building.



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