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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Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.
Dismiss :: Dismiss (v. t.) To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court..
Courtehouse :: Courtehouse (n.) A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings..
Bar :: Bar (n.) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
Below :: Below (adv.) In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below..
Courtehouse :: Courtehouse (n.) A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States.
Bona Roba :: Bona roba () A showy wanton; a courtesan.
Court :: Court (v. t.) To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.
Urbane :: Urbane (a.) Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.
Proxy :: Proxy (n.) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
Glitter :: Glitter (v. i.) To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court..
Bail :: Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
Filacer :: Filacer (n.) A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process.
Curtilage :: Curtilage (n.) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house..
Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) The courts by which anything is carried off.
Placitum :: Placitum (n.) A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon affairs of state..
Courtier :: Courtier (n.) One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court.
Lord :: Lord (n.) A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank..
Attentive :: Attentive (a.) Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
Session :: Session (n.) The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business..
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