appear in court

appear in court

To participate in legal proceedings. My lawyer and I have to appear in court today.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

appear in court

to go to a court of law as a participant. She has to appear in court tomorrow. I have to appear in court for my traffic violation.
See also: appear, court
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • appear before
  • appear under the name of
  • jump bail
  • skip bail
  • be in tune with the times
  • come out of the woodwork
  • come/crawl out of the woodwork
  • be one sandwich short of a picnic
  • a brick short of a load
  • be one card short of a full deck
References in periodicals archive
He will appear in court again within the next week.
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Dawson, of Church Street in Paddock, will appear in court again on March 8 to make his first bail application.
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A MAN is due to appear in court in connection with a spate of city centre break-ins.
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Stylianou will appear in court again on January 27.
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TWO men are to appear in court today following a police operation to find eight suspected burglars.
Pair to face court after probe into burglaries; INVESTIGATION
The musician/actor has had a recent string of run-ins with the law, including an arrest at Phoenix Sky Harbour Airport earlier this month on outstanding warrants after he failed to appear in court. The week before, he was arrested in Miami on charges of attempting to purchase cocaine and marijuana.
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They canceled my bail and the notice to appear in court. I just had to appear for my regular green card interview.
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