S: (n) federal court (a court establish by the authority of a federal government)
S: (n) Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, F.I.S.C. (a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies)
S: (n) military court (a judicial court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel)
S: (n) moot court (a mock court where law students argue hypothetical cases)
S: (n) police court (a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offenses)
S: (n) probate court (a court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates)
S: (n) quarter sessions (a local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functions)
S: (n) Rota ((Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts)
S: (n) Star Chamber (a former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments)