Meaning of court | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from Middle English for someone who worked or lived in a court
2. A surname from Middle English for someone who worked or lived in a court.
3. An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
4. An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley
5. A municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland
6. A municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.
7. A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
   Australia, US
8. A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac
9. A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
   Hong-Kong
10. A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme
11. An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
    Hong-Kong
12. An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings
13. Royal society.
14. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
15. Royal society. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace
16. 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.
17. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
18. Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
19. The administration of law.
20. The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
21. 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 cases.
22. An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
23. The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
    capitalized, often
24. The session of a judicial assembly.
25. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
26. A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
27. one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
28. A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.

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Examples

“The girls were playing in the court.”

“All round the cool green courts there ran a row / Of cloisters, branched like mighty woods, / Echoing all night to that sonorous flow / Of spouted fountain floods.”

“Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court.”

“The noblemen visited the queen in her court.”

“This our court, infected with their manners, / Shows like a riotous inn.”

“Meronym: royal household”

“The queen and her court traveled to the city to welcome back the soldiers.”

“My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you.”

“Love rules the court, the camp, the grove.”

“The princesses[…] held their court within the fortress.”

“No solace could her paramour entreat / Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance.”

“I went to make court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle at their house in Clerkenwell.”

“Many famous criminals have been put on trial in this court.”

“The court started proceedings at 11 o'clock.”

“Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”

“536(2.1). ... You have the option to elect to be tried by a provincial court judge without a jury; or you may elect to be tried by a judge without a jury; or you may elect to be tried by a court composed of a judge and jury.”

“Each province in Canada has three courts: a provincial court, a superior court, and a court of appeals.”

“A case conference in person was convened.... To emphasize that it was a Court proceeding the Court was gowned.”

“[5]... defence alleges there is a reasonable apprehension of bias based on the cumulative effect of several issues including the following: (1) The Court was “crying” during the victim impact statement; (2) The Court laughed or “scoffed” when defence stated its sentencing position; ...(6) The Court’s tone, facial expression and demeanor throughout the proceedings...”

“The court is now in session.”

“On Thursday morning, a Hennepin County judge formally sentenced Julissa Thaler to the life sentence for Eli Hart's murder. […] After court, family said their focus now turns to fundraising a playground in Mound in Eli Hart's honor […]”

“The local sports club has six tennis courts and two squash courts.”

“The shuttlecock landed outside the court.”

“By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.”

“The photograph at left captures a great serve by Dr. Sadowsky, who will never forget one of Bobby Riggs's serves, which had such a great spin that it landed in his court and bounced back to the other side of the net before he had a chance to return it.”

“The male Wilson's bird of paradise clears an area of rainforest to create a court in which to perform an elaborate mating dance.”

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