court meaning
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- A court is a tribunal, often as governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law.
- The system of courts that interprets and applies the law is collectively known as the judiciary. The place where a court sits is known as a venue.
- The practical authority given to the court is known as its jurisdiction (Latin jus dicere) – the court's power to decide certain kinds of questions or petitions put to it.
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- NounPLcourts
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The girls were playing in the court.
- (social) Royal society.
- The noblemen visited the queen in her court.
- The queen and her court traveled to the city to welcome back the soldiers.
- The princesses held their court within the fortress.
- Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
- (social) The administration of law.
- Many famous criminals have been put on trial in this court.
- The court started proceedings at 11 o'clock.
- The court is now in session.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
- The local sports club has six tennis courts and two squash courts.
- The shuttlecock landed outside the court.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- VerbSGcourtsPRcourtingPT, PPcourted
- VT To seek to achieve or win.
- He was courting big new accounts that previous salesman had not attempted.
- VT To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- He courted controversy with his frank speeches.
- VT To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- VT To engage in behavior leading to mating.
- The bird was courting by making an elaborate dance.
- VT To attempt to attract.
- VT To attempt to gain alliance with.
- VI To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.
- She's had a few beaus come courting.
- VI To engage in courtship behavior.
- In this season, you can see many animals courting.
- VT To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
- VT To seek to achieve or win.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The claim that his dog wrote the poems was laughed out of court by publishers.
- The court sent "requests to show cause" to all questionnaire non-responders.
- 1993: Sheppard, Wilcox and Hartigan JJ — Federal Court of Australia report, Peabody v Commissioner of Taxation [1]
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Court ruled that physical evidence that was the fruit of an unmirandized interrogation, need not be suppressed.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Director of the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom since 1967, Mrs. Krug was a national leader in several legal cases that rose to the Supreme Court.
- The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
- 2011, Bruce Perens Crayon licenses show a lack of understanding of copyright law, license structure, and most important: what would happen if the license were to be interpreted in court.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of court in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary