court of domestic relations

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The Christmas basket, the $10 loan, the stay of eviction, the city job�all bought him votes, but also made his headquarters a "school, employment agency, court of domestic relations and poor man's 'psychiatric couch.'"

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a one-man chamber of commerce and court of domestic relations.

From Time Magazine Archive

It should be said that, after a separation, claims for non-payment of alimony cannot, in many states, be pressed in a court of domestic relations but must go to a civil court.

From Broken Homes A Study of Family Desertion and its Social Treatment by Colcord, Joanna C.

Court of Domestic Relations.—One of the most significant improvements that has taken place is the establishment of a court of domestic relations, which already exists in several cities, and has made an enviable record.

From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch

He was young and distinguished-looking, which probably accounted for the fact that his office had become a sort of fashionable court of domestic relations.

From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)