Question

in_the_loop_400 a court set up outside the regular legal system; staged trial where the outcome is set from the beginning

Accepted Answer

KANGAROO COURT The rancher and his friends tried and convicted the horse thieves in a kangaroo court rather than let the sheriff take them to jail for a trial according to the law.The political protesters had been tried and found guilty in a court of law, and when the verdict was read, they claimed that the jury and judge had not been impartial, and that they had been tried in a kangaroo court.

Id	in_the_loop_400
Idiom	KANGAROO COURT
Definition	a court set up outside the regular legal system; staged trial where the outcome is set from the beginning
Examples	The rancher and his friends tried and convicted the horse thieves in a kangaroo court rather than let the sheriff take them to jail for a trial according to the law. The political protesters had been tried and found guilty in a court of law, and when the verdict was read, they claimed that the jury and judge had not been impartial, and that they had been tried in a kangaroo court.

Court Kangaroo Set Trial Loop Regular Legal System