Definition of court

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Court (n.) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both..

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Rule :: Rule (a.) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit..
Embassador :: Embassador (n.) A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.
Captain :: Captain (n.) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain..
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..
Auditor :: Auditor (a.) One who hears judicially, as in an audience court..
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
Fawn :: Fawn (v. i.) To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon..
Certiorari :: Certiorari (n.) A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court..
Complaisance :: Complaisance (n.) Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.
Suitor :: Suitor (n.) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc..
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..
Decide :: Decide (v. i.) To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give decision; as, the court decided in favor of the defendant..
Plea :: Plea (n.) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common..
Clerk :: Clerk (n.) One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk..
Court :: 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..
File :: File (v. t.) To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court.
Record :: Record (v. t.) To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events..
Courtship :: Courtship (n.) Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.
Unembarrassed :: Unembarrassed (a.) Free from perplexing connection; as, the question comes into court unembarrassed with irrelevant matter..
Court :: Court (v. t.) To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
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