'Courts' in the Bible
But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and scourge you in their synagogues;
“But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.
So then, if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against any man, the courts are in session and proconsuls are available; let them bring charges against one another.
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts?
So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?