| At the same time it is an alternative forum to the local courts and district courts. |
| In tribally run district courts and within families, decisions that rule women's lives are a matter of obedience, convention and saving face. |
| Federal appellate and district courts are enormously important in our legal system. |
| They are fearful that they will follow in the local district courts around the country. |
| Usually, district courts are courts of appeal and, in special cases provided by law, courts of the first-instance as well. |
| The Dublin district courts have refused to issue summonses which don't have a euro stamp. |
