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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Outcourt :: Outcourt (n.) An outer or exterior court.
Courtesy :: Courtesy (v. i.) To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes..
Courtly :: Courtly (adv.) In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
Litigate :: Litigate (v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause..
Tribunal :: Tribunal (n.) Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom..
Interaulic :: Interaulic (a.) Existing between royal courts.
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes..
Breve :: Breve (n.) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court..
Courted :: Courted (imp. & p. p.) of Cour.
Parliament :: Parliament (n.) In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts..
Place :: Place (n.) A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.
Redundancy :: Redundancy (n.) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.
Counselor :: Counselor (n.) One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister..
Court-baron :: Court-baron (n.) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. t.) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review..
Auditor :: Auditor (a.) One who hears judicially, as in an audience court..
Prevenancy :: Prevenancy (n.) The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness..
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) A prerogative process empowering certain commissioners to take and hold a defendant's property and receive the rents and profits thereof, until he clears himself of a contempt or performs a decree of the court..
Atrium :: Atrium (n.) An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.
Below :: Below (adv.) In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below..
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