small-claims court
noun
: a special court intended to simplify and expedite the handling of small claims on debts
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Richardson said the group is eyeing $100-per-day fines up to $2,500, a sum sufficient to bring disputes into small-claims court.
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Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 20 Nov. 2025
But there are a lot of other public court documents, including in local small-claims court.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 1 Nov. 2025
The case was originally brought to a small-claims court in April.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Canada’s small-claims court has forced Air Canada to honor the policy its customer-services AI chatbot made up when dealing with a grieving passenger.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
Some have taken the company to court, including small-claims court, to press their cases.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
Ashanti had represented his wife in small-claims court in a dispute with her former employer, a nonprofit wholly owned by a city agency — a clear conflict of interest.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2022
Beal and Thompson-Beal in 2013 went on the Judge Mathis TV show to settle a small-claims court lawsuit the mother filed against her daughter, according to Cleveland Municipal Court records.
—Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2021
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Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 20 Nov. 2025
But there are a lot of other public court documents, including in local small-claims court.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 1 Nov. 2025
The case was originally brought to a small-claims court in April.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Canada’s small-claims court has forced Air Canada to honor the policy its customer-services AI chatbot made up when dealing with a grieving passenger.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
Some have taken the company to court, including small-claims court, to press their cases.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
Ashanti had represented his wife in small-claims court in a dispute with her former employer, a nonprofit wholly owned by a city agency — a clear conflict of interest.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2022
Beal and Thompson-Beal in 2013 went on the Judge Mathis TV show to settle a small-claims court lawsuit the mother filed against her daughter, according to Cleveland Municipal Court records.
—Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2021
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“Small-claims court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small-claims%20court. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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