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Courtiery :: Courtiery (n.) The manners of a courtier; courtliness.

Archchancellor :: Archchancellor (n.) A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court..

Courteously :: Courteously (adv.) In a courteous manner.

Rule :: Rule (v. i.) To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule.

Review :: Review (n.) To reexamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one..

Embracery :: Embracery (n.) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements..

Interdict :: Interdict (n.) An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America..

Mandamus :: Mandamus (n.) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty..

Madam :: Madam (n.) A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir..

Procedendo :: Procedendo (n.) In English practice, a writ issuing out of chancery in cases where the judges of subordinate courts delay giving judgment, commanding them to proceed to judgment..

Base-court :: Base-court (n.) The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle..

Pave :: Pave (v. t.) To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court..

Court :: Court (n.) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered..

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.

Proxy :: Proxy (n.) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.

Bench :: Bench (n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench..

Court-martialing :: Court-martialing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Court-martia.

Incivility :: Incivility (n.) The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.

Bar :: Bar (n.) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.

Commodore :: Commodore (n.) A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club..

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