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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Law Courts
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(London WC2) The name commonly used for the Royal Courts of Justice. The imposing building in the Strand (by G.E. Street, 1824–81) opened in 1882. It was designed to bring under one roof all the civil actions being heard by the *High Court in London. Nowadays pressure on the *Old Bailey means that some criminal cases are heard in the Law Courts; and the Law Courts themselves have extended to premises other than the Strand.
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