Results for court
Definitions of court:
part of speech: verb transitive
To pay attentions to: to woo: to solicit: to seek.
part of speech: verb intransitive
part of speech: verb
To endeavour to please; to woo or pay addresses to a woman; to solicit; to seek.
part of speech: verb transitive
To pay attention to, as a lover; solicit.
part of speech: noun
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.
part of speech: noun
An open space of ground attached to a house; a small paved square or space surrounded by houses; the palace of a king, also the persons attached to his person as attendants, council, & c.; a place of justice, likewise the judges and officers engaged there; civility; flattery; the art of pleasing.
part of speech: noun
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.
Usage examples for court:
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I was walking to court one morning with ten miles of bad road before me.
"Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln", James H. Shaw -
I had a great mind to follow him to the Supreme Court and see what he was going to do, but I thought he might not like being watched.
"The Squatter and the Don", C. Loyal -
The King sometimes held his court there.
"The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)", Thomas Babington Macaulay