small claims court, noun phrase

Forms:
Also with initial capitals.
Law
A court which deals speedily with claims not exceeding R1 500, and in which claimants present their own cases; people’s court sense 2. Also attributive.
Note:
Established by Act 61 of 1984.
1983 E. Prov. Herald 24 Oct. 12With the introduction of a Small Claims or People’s Court..Justice ought to be within the reach of everybody.
1986 Natal Convocation News (Univ. of Natal) 17The Republic of South Africa acquired the mechanism to establish Small Claims Courts in August of 1985. They were established in response to public clamour and pressure from the organised legal profession. Today Small Claims Courts are operating successfully in many centres...The Small Claims Court is a peoples [sic] Court..designed to provide cheap and speedy settlement of small disputes.
1986 E. Prov. Herald 4 June 3Mr. Justice Zietsman reserved judgment on the granting of a final order to stay proceedings in a Small Claims Court case.
1987 E. Prov. Herald 27 Apr. 6Top representatives of South Africa’s legal profession met..to discuss proposals to..bring it (sc. civil litigation) closer to the man in the street along the lines of the highly successful Small Claims Courts.
1988 New Nation 17 Mar. (Learning Nation) 2The Small Claims Court has been called ‘the little people’s court’ because ordinary, working people can go there to fight for their rights.
1991 SAPA 21 Jan.A Klapmuts chicken farmer has been ordered by a Paarl small claims court to pay back R271,20 to a Durbanville man who had unknowingly bought 21 de-beaked hens from him.
A court which deals speedily with claims not exceeding R1 500, and in which claimants present their own cases; people’s court sense 2. Also attributive.
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