kangaroo court

Definition of Kangaroo Court in English :

1. kangaroo court

an irregular unauthorized court

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Kangaroo Court

noun

an irregular court, esp one set up by prisoners in a jail or by strikers to judge strikebreakers

Informal

1.

an unauthorized, irregular court, usually disregarding normal legal procedure, as one in a frontier region

2.

any tribunal in which judgment is rendered arbitrarily or unfairly

n.

1. A mock court, especially one hastily improvised or irregularly conducted.

2. A court characterized by dishonesty or incompetence.