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kangaroo court definition

☆ kangaroo court

  1. an unauthorized, irregular court, usually disregarding normal legal procedure, as one in a frontier region
  2. any tribunal in which judgment is rendered arbitrarily or unfairly

Etymology: said to be so named because its justice progresses by leaps and bounds

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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