PEOPLE’S COURT

people’s court. 1. A court in which individuals can resolve small disputes. See small-claims court under COURT. [Cases: Courts  174.1.] 2. In totalitarian countries, a group of nonlawyer citizens, often illiterate commoners, convened at the scene of a crime to pass judgment or impose punishment on the accused criminal. 3. (cap.) In Nazi Germany, a tribunal that dealt with political offenses.

[Blacks Law 8th]