Definition of court

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Court (n.) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes..

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Affability :: Affability (n.) The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.
Consistory :: Consistory (n.) The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
Master :: Master (n.) A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mister, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr..
Gallantly :: Gallantly (adv.) In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer.
Court-martial :: Court-martial (n.) A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law..
Courtly :: Courtly (a.) Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.
Debonairness :: Debonairness (n.) The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy.
Decreet :: Decreet (n.) The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided..
Close :: Close (v. t.) A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within..
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.
Appearance :: Appearance (n.) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction..
Embassy :: Embassy (n.) The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message..
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.
Produce :: Produce (v. t.) To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court..
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant..
Nonappearance :: Nonappearance (n.) Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear..
Drop :: Drop (n.) To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy..
Admission :: Admission (n.) A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence..
Internuncio :: Internuncio (n.) A representative, or charge d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio..
Ambulatory :: Ambulatory (a.) Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places..
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