Definition of court

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Court (n.) Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.

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Dop :: Dop (n.) A dip; a low courtesy.
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..
Cringe :: Cringe (v. t.) To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.
Conge :: Conge (n.) To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy.
Compear :: Compear (v. i.) To appear in court personally or by attorney.
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reexamination or review.
Apostle :: Apostle (n.) A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts..
Courtesying :: Courtesying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Courtes.
Courtesy :: Courtesy (n.) Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy..
Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. t.) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review..
Copyhold :: Copyhold (n.) A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court..
Rule :: Rule (v. i.) To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule.
Assoilyie :: Assoilyie (v. t.) To absolve; to acquit by sentence of court.
Decree :: Decree (v. t.) To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property..
Adjudicate :: Adjudicate (v. i.) To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case..
Minister :: Minister (n.) A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business..
Monitory :: Monitory (n.) Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person..
Forejudge :: Forejudge (v. t.) To expel from court for some offense or misconduct, as an attorney or officer; to deprive or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court..
Pleaseman :: Pleaseman (n.) An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank.
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