When the Parliament handles matters of war, it is a military court; when business of state, it is a civil court; when matters of religion, it is an ecclesiastical court.
That the Parliament, when they deliberate about matters of war or matters of religion, are not, at least formally and properly, a civil court, else how makes he these so clearly distinct?
It would be felt and argued that they had been condemned upon evidence that would not have convicted them in a civil court, and that they had been deprived, therefore, of the advantage, which they would have had for their defense.
In a civil court we certainly should waive the citations, for the principle as stated would be assumed by any civil judge and would, indeed, be the starting point for any investigation whatever.
No appeal lies to a Civil Court in matters of discipline or on the ground of excess of punishment.
Civil Court on the ground of excess of jurisdiction.
The Church Courts are final: there is no appeal to a Civil Court except on the ground of excess of jurisdiction.
Speed, a Kentuckian by birth, to give his official opinion as to whether these persons implicated in this crime could be tried before a military tribunal, or must be tried before a civil court.
A civil court of the United States is created by a law of Congress, under and according to the Constitution.
The judge of a civil court is not more strongly bound, under the Constitution and the law, to try a criminal, than is the military to try an offender against the laws of war.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "civil court" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
