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

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

An impromptu "court" was organized: judge, sheriff and deputies; and these, with a few chosen men of the company, went to the trading post to convene an afternoon session.

From Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method by Maxwell, Wm. Audley (William Audley)

He held an impromptu court and heard both sides of the case.

From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by O'Neil, Owen Rowe