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day in court
noun
- the day on which one involved in a lawsuit is to be afforded the opportunity to appear and be heard in court.
- a chance to present one's defense or argument.
Example Sentences
The Trump administration has already carried out several deportations of Venezuelan immigrants to the notorious prison, without offering them a day in court.
“It is another tactic in the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant, mass-deportation agenda that attempts to reshape our immigration system, including denying due process by increasing delays for individuals who are waiting for their day in court,” Padilla said in a statement to The Times.
She also revealed she was in remission from stage-3B breast cancer, and her biggest worry was she may not live to see her final day in court.
If the justices decide that the Trump administration cannot be required to bring Abrego Garcia back to the U.S., “there’s very limited hope that the courts will step in and say any of these folks who have been sent to rot in the Salvadoran prison have a chance of getting their day in court,” Jawetz said.
One of those major tests would be if University of Sussex's vice-chancellor, Prof Sasha Roseneil, gets her day in court.
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