Definition of court

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Court (v. i.) To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting..

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Varlet :: Varlet (n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack..
Tales :: Tales (n.) Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter..
Starched :: Star-chamber (n.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641..
Judicature :: Judicature (n.) The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent jurisdiction of a judge or court.
Diplomatic :: Diplomatic (n.) A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist..
Mister :: Mister (n.) A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.
Mootman :: Mootman (n.) One who argued moot cases in the inns of court.
Panel :: Panel (n.) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
Venire Facias :: Venire facias () A judicial writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to cause a certain number of qualified persons to appear in court at a specified time, to serve as jurors in said court..
Well-mannered :: Well-mannered (a.) Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous.
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..
Protonotary :: Protonotary (n.) A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States.
Record :: Record (v. t.) An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record.
Forum :: Forum (n.) A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.
Declension :: Declension (n.) Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination..
Nuncio :: Nuncio (n.) The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios..
Action :: Action (n.) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense..
Conge :: Conge (n.) The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.
Adjourn :: Adjourn (v. i.) To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day..
Druery :: Druery (n.) Courtship; gallantry; love; an object of love.
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