impromptu court

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But Para’s overheated schedule - midnight phone calls, impromptu court appearances, personally transporting veterans from lockup to designated facilities - created an illusion of how far you can stretch a buck.

From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2016

The room became an impromptu court of law.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

Miss Aubrey, throned in a basket-chair, with girls quarrelling for the privilege of sitting near her, held a kind of impromptu court.

From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela

Then she turned to them and led them to an impromptu court of justice behind the wheel-house.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories by Patten, William

This impromptu court was trying him there in the open beside the cabin, and he knew that its verdict would be a speedy one.

From The Plunderer by Duer, Douglas