Definition of court

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Court (n.) Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court..

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Justiciable :: Justiciable (a.) Proper to be examined in a court of justice.
Almanac :: Almanac (n.) A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc..
Courter :: Courter (n.) One who courts; one who plays the lover, or who solicits in marriage; one who flatters and cajoles..
Thane :: Thane (n.) A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place..
Apparitor :: Apparitor (n.) A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
Exchequer :: Exchequer (v. t.) To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.
Term :: Term (n.) The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.
Nawab :: Nawab (n.) A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East..
Moot :: Moot (v. t.) Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.
Chief Justice :: Chief justice () The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court..
Justiceable :: Justiceable (a.) Liable to trial in a court of justice.
Act :: Act (n.) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress..
Attentive :: Attentive (a.) Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
Copyhold :: Copyhold (n.) A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court..
Penitentiaryship :: Penitentiaryship (n.) The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.
Caravansary :: Caravansary (n.) A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court..
Hospitium :: Hospitium (n.) An inn of court.
Dock :: Dock (n.) The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands.
Polystyle :: Polystyle (a.) Having many columns; -- said of a building, especially of an interior part or court; as, a polystyle hall..
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