Etymology : Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cohort-, cohors enclosure, group, retinue, cohort, from co- + -hort-, -hors ; more at YARD
Pronunciation : 'kOrt, 'kort
Function : noun
Date : 12th century
1. yard; law court; king's palace; king's attendants; formal reception; area where basketball or tennis is played. seek to please, flatter; woo, seek to gain the affections of. court\court\, n.court of claims (law), a court for settling claims against a state or government; specif., a court of the united states, created by act of congress, and holding its sessions at washington. it is given jurisdiction over claims on contracts against the government, and sometimes may advise the government as to its liabilities. couveuse \cou`veuse"\ , n. [f.] (med.) an incubator for sickly infants, esp. those prematurely born.court \court\ (kōrt), n. [of. court, curt, cort, f. cour, ll. cortis, fr. l. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis, chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng; co- + a root akin to gr. chorto`s inclosure, feeding place, and to e. garden, yard, orchard. see:
yard, and cf. cohort, curtain.].
2. 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. the courts of the house of our god. cxxxv.
3. and round the cool green courts there ran a row of cloisters. goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court.
4. the residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace. attends the emperor in his royal court. this our court, infected with their manners, shows like a riotous inn.
5. 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. my lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you. love rules the court, the camp, the grove. w. scott.
6. any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court. the princesses held their court within the fortress.
7. attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery. no solace could her paramour intreat her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance. i went to make my court to the duke and duchess of newcastle.
8. (law) (a) the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. (b) 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. (c) a tribunal established for the administration of justice. (d) the judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both. most heartily i do beseech the court to give the judgment.
9. the session of a judicial assembly.
10. any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
11. a place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
12. 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.
13. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
14. 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.
15. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.
16. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
17. The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
18. 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.
19. A tribunal established for the administration of justice.
20. The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
21. The session of a judicial assembly.
22. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
23. A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
24. To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.
25. To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.
26. To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
27. To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
28. To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting. respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor" a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court" a specially marked area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance" a room in which a law court sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom" the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court" the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince an assembly to conduct judicial business Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years".
29. Australian tennis player who won 26 Grand Slam singles titles and, in 1970, the Grand Slam (Wimbledon, French, U.S., and Australian titles in the same year). In architecture, an outdoor room surrounded by buildings or walls. Courts have existed in all civilizations from the earliest recorded times. The small garden court (atrium) of a Roman house was the center of domestic activity. In medieval Europe the court was a feature of all major residential buildings, as the cloister of a monastery, ward of a castle, or quadrangle of a college. A courtyard is often a utilitarian court (as for stables). Official assembly with judicial authority to hear and determine disputes in particular cases. In early judicial tribunals, judges sat in enclosures (courts in an architectural sense), and lawyers and the general public remained outside a bar (hence the term bar in legal contexts). Modern British courts are divided into those trying criminal cases and those trying civil cases; a second distinction is made between inferior courts, or courts of first instance, and superior courts, or courts of appeal. In the U.S. each state has its own system of courts, usually consisting of a superior (appellate) court, trial courts of general jurisdiction, and specialized courts (e.g., probate courts). The U.S. also has a system of federal courts, established to adjudicate distinctively national questions and cases not appropriately tried in state courts. At the apex of the national system is the Supreme Court of the United States. The secondary level consists of the United States Courts of Appeals. United States District Courts form the tertiary level. Crimes committed by military figures may be tried in a court-martial. In the past, ecclesiastical courts had broad jurisdiction. See also International Court of Justice; judiciary. Appomattox Court House Common Pleas Court of Court Margaret Smith court martial European Court of Justice High Commission Court of High Court of Admiralty Inns of Court International Court of Justice World Court International Criminal Court juvenile court magistrates' court prerogative court Supreme Court of the United States Tennis Court Oath United States District Court United States Courts of Appeals.
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