Night Court
Manhattan after-hours tribunal
Night Court is an American television sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1992, set in a Manhattan municipal court handling the night shift's arraignments.
The show featured eccentric defendants and a quirky cast of courthouse regulars.
A revival series premiered in 2023.
More broadly, night court refers to any court session held during evening hours to process arrests made overnight.
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- holding cellTemporary detention room
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- docketCourt's case schedule
- criminal justiceState apparatus for prosecuting offenders
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- legallawyer, judge, jury, trial, verdict
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Night CourtLaw & Order
Enforcement and adjudication
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