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has gloss | eng: A miners' court was a court that summoned a subset of the miners in a district when a dispute arose in the frontier West. A presiding officer or judge was elected and a jury was selected. Other systems that were used included alcaldes and arbitration. In the event a decision was disputed, a mass meeting of the camp could be called to allow a dissatisfied party to plead his case and possibly get the decision reversed. |
lexicalization | eng: Miners' court |
instance of | c/Quasi-judicial bodies |
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