• linearchaos@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    courts of law.

    There are always courts of law! Just somtimes it’s the king in his court making up the law…

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      Those are usually referred to as “the king’s courts”, and “court of law” specifically distinguishes that the court is based on law rather than the king.