Court

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The session of a judicial assembly.

II. Court ·noun Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

III. Court ·noun A tribunal established for the administration of justice.

IV. Court ·noun The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

V. Court ·vi To play the lover; to Woo; as, to go courting.

VI. Court ·noun The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.

VII. Court ·noun Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.

VIII. Court ·noun The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.

IX. Court ·vt To attempt to gain; to Solicit; to Seek.

X. Court ·vt To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to Woo.

XI. Court ·vt To invite by attractions; to Allure; to Attract.

XII. Court ·noun A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.

XIII. Court ·vt To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.

XIV. Court ·noun Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.

XV. Court ·noun The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.

XVI. Court ·noun An inclosed 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.

XVII. Court ·noun The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes.

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