Definition of court

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Court (n.) An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley..

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Implead :: Implead (v. t.) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach..
Fronde :: Fronde (n.) A political party in France, during the minority of Louis XIV., who opposed the government, and made war upon the court party..
Rota :: Rota (n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members..
Curialistic :: Curialistic (a.) Pertaining to a court.
Judicatory :: Judicatory (n.) A court of justice; a tribunal.
Depend :: Depend (v. i.) To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court..
Execution :: Execution (n.) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.
Courtier :: Courtier (n.) One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court.
Judicial :: "Judicial (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale..
Placitory :: Placitory (a.) Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law..
Courtly :: Courtly (adv.) In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
Nonappearance :: Nonappearance (n.) Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear..
Defensor :: Defensor (n.) A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.
Process :: Process (n.) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial..
Martial :: Martial (a.) Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial..
Interaulic :: Interaulic (a.) Existing between royal courts.
Presumption :: Presumption (n.) The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery..
Jurisdiction :: "Jurisdiction (a.) Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority..
Enroll :: Enroll (n.) To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also, reflexively, to enlist..
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
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