court date
Scheduled legal appearance
A court date is a scheduled appearance before a judge or tribunal.
The term usually refers to the specific day someone must appear: My court date is next month.
Missing a court date can result in a warrant for arrest.
The phrase often implies legal trouble: He's got a court date for the DUI.
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- pretrial hearingCourt session before formal proceedings
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- summonsFormal court notification
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- formal appointmentsjob interview, hearing, deposition, consultation, board meeting
- criminal trialarraignment, defense attorney, courtroom, criminal trial, prosecutor
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- stressorsemergency, financial stress, work stress, deadlines, job interview
- appointmentsappointment, appointees, booking, nominations, nominees
- court recordscase files, case file, sworn testimony, trial transcript, judgments
court datecharges dropped
acquittal · freedom · case closed · free day · day off
court dateout-of-court settlement
Resolution bypassing formal litigation
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Romantic evening meal together
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