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Definitions of COURT
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- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Oddity Software
An inclosed space, or a space for playing games; a smail paved place surrounded by houses; a royal palace; a prince or king with his retinue and ministers considered as a political body; a hall of justice; the place where prisoners are tried; the judges engaged there; the judge hearing a case; as, the court sustained the objection; the session of a judicial assembly; address; flattery.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
A space inclosed: a space surrounded by houses: the palace of a sovereign: the body of persons who form his suite or council: attention: civility, as to pay court: (law) the hall of justice: the judges and officials who preside there: any body of persons assembled to decide causes, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
n. [Anglo-Saxon] An inclosed space; a yard or area; â€”the residence of a sovereign or other dignitary; â€”persons composing the retinue of a sovereign; --the appointed assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; â€”attention directed to a person in power; conduct designed to gain favour; â€”a legal tribunal; the judge or judges, as distinguished from the counsel; â€”the session of a judicial assembly; â€”the hall where justice is administered; â€”pl. Places where worship is offered.
The place where the prince resides, the palace; the hall or chamber where justice is administered; open space before a house; a small opening inclosed with houses and paved with broad stones; persons who compose the retinue of a prince; persons who are assembled for the administration of justice; any jurisdiction, military, civil, or ecclesiastical; the art of pleasing, the art of insinuation.
By Thomas Sheridan
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