# origins of kangaroo court?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-kangaroo-court/8148>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 6, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-kangaroo-court/8148 "2000-03-06T01:53:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-kangaroo-court/8148/1 "2000-03-06T01:53:00Z")

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Does anyone know the origins of this phrase? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-kangaroo-court/8148/2 "2000-03-06T02:11:00Z")

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Cecil on the subject:

[Kangaroo Court](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_236.html)

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**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-kangaroo-court/8148/3 "2000-03-06T02:13:00Z")

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Thanks. I did a search on the subject (really, I did), but all I came up with was something about pink bunnies on juries (!).