Definition of court

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Court (v. t.) To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.

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Justiceable :: Justiceable (a.) Liable to trial in a court of justice.
Wardmote :: Wardmote (n.) Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like..
Mistress :: Mistress (v. i.) To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
Above :: Above (adv.) Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above..
Subpoenal :: Subpoena (v. t.) To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience..
Assize :: Assize (n.) The time or place of holding the court of assize; -- generally in the plural, assizes..
Bench :: Bench (n.) The seat where judges sit in court.
Se–or :: Se–or (n.) A Spanish title of courtesy corresponding to the English Mr. or Sir; also, a gentleman..
Array :: Array (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
Compear :: Compear (v. i.) To appear in court personally or by attorney.
Piepowder :: Piepowder (n.) An ancient court of record in England, formerly incident to every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owned or had the toll was the judge..
Return :: Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court..
Court-martial :: Court-martial (v. t.) To subject to trial by a court-martial.
Secretary :: Secretary (n.) An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc..
Arraign :: Arraign (v. t.) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.
Folkmote :: Folkmote (n.) a general assembly of the people to consider and order matters of the commonwealth; also, a local court..
Procedendo :: Procedendo (n.) A writ by which a cause which has been removed on insufficient grounds from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in there..
Familiarity :: Familiarity (n.) Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties..
Judicature :: Judicature (n.) A court of justice; a judicatory.
Precarious :: Precarious (a.) Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges..
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