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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Mall :: Mall (n.) A court of justice.
Chancellor :: Chancellor (n.) A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table..
Extrajudicial :: Extrajudicial (a.) Out of or beyond the proper authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not legally required.
Advocation :: Advocation (n.) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
Term :: Term (n.) The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.
Justification :: Justification (n.) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
Appear :: Appear (v. i.) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried..
Defaulter :: Defaulter (n.) One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.
Tribunal :: Tribunal (n.) Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom..
Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..
Array :: Array (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
Officialty :: Officialty (n.) The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official..
Breve :: Breve (n.) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court..
Find :: Find (v. i.) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff..
Salutation :: Salutation (n.) The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting..
Disapprove :: Disapprove (v. t.) To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief..
Aulic :: Aulic (a.) Pertaining to a royal court.
Return :: Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court..
Bank :: Bank (n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc..
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