court
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1.4
- noun
- /kɔrt/
- Formal
:
tribunal
- If your client is innocent, you go back to court and prove it, without me.
- federal court
- court case
- court decision
He took his fights to the courts and he lost.
- He took his fights to the courts and he lost.
- So it went to the Circuit Court, and he won.
- Do you haul a lion into court for eating a sheep?
- But very often that court will say no.
- And I cannot see the Delaware courts holding Musk in contempt.
- It was all a farce and the court saw right through it.
- And I went to Saint Albans Crown Court for four burglaries.
- And the question before the courts is, do states still matter?
- While I strongly disagree with the Court's decision, I accept it.
- He then got named by other people in court cases and things.
- We need more prisons, more jails, more courts, more prosecutors.
- And and that is change the court's philosophy.
Examples
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She can go to court and we can prove it was suicide.
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So it went to the Circuit Court, and he won.
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Well, I did see him in court, and we won.
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Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
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The case wound up in court in New Jersey.
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And as he said so eloquently in court, I want my money.
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There's nothing this court can do now.
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As an officer of the court, I was obligated to hand it over.
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The court then found that the district court erred in a number of areas.
Academic text (2017) -
In the courtroom, the judge listened carefully to both sides before making a decision about the court.
Synonyms
624
2.5
A room where a judge hears and decides court cases
241
3.0
A building where judges and lawyers hear legal cases
105
6.1
The judge or judges who hear and decide cases in court
84
7.4
A group of people, usually judges, who decide cases in court
76
3.2
A place where a judge hears and decides cases about the law
2
3.1
A place where a judge hears cases and gives decisions
2
3.8
A place where judges decide legal cases and apply the law
A place where a judge hears and decides legal cases
Idioms
- Informal
1
9.0
To reject something as silly and not take it seriously in places like a court or meeting
Compounds
656
3.1
The highest court in the United States that makes final decisions for all other courts
121
3.1
A court the national government uses to decide cases about laws for the whole country
- Formal
108
3.5
An official instruction from a court telling someone to do or stop doing something
- UK
46
4.5
The top group of judges in a country or state that hears the most important cases and appeals
24
2.7
A place in a shopping mall with many stalls selling different foods around shared tables
- Formal
22
3.3
The highest court in the United States that decides important national cases and reviews lower court decisions
- Formal
18
5.0
A group of judges who review and can change decisions from lower courts
- Formal
15
7.5
Showing disrespect to a judge or refusing to obey a court order that can be punished
- Formal
10
4.9
A group of officers who try members of the armed forces for breaking their rules
- Literature
9
4.4
The public's opinion about a person or issue formed outside a legal trial
9
2.7
The highest court in the United States that decides important questions about the law for the whole country
8
4.2
The highest group of judges in a U.S. state who decide appeals about state law
- Formal
8
3.7
A court that ends marriages and decides matters like child custody and property
- Informal
6
8.8
An unfair trial that pretends to be legal and decides guilt beforehand
3
5.0
An international court that settles disputes between countries and gives advice on international law
- Formal
2
7.9
A person or group not in a case who gives information about the law to help the court decide
- Informal
2
5.1
A strong, aggressive effort to reach a goal quickly, often to win support
A court that settles legal disputes between countries and gives legal advice to the United Nations
1
9.1
A secret United States court that allows electronic monitoring and searches for foreign intelligence
- Formal
1
5.7
A federal court that reviews cases from lower courts in a group of states
- Archaic
1
4.6
A lower court that handles minor crimes and sends serious cases to a higher court
- Formal
1
7.7
A military court that tries soldiers for less serious crimes, usually with three officers
A major American Civil War battle in May 1864 between Grant and Lee
A major 1778 battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution that made British troops leave
- Formal
A court that handles disputes about trusts and wills and can order someone to stop actions, not criminal cases
- Formal
A court set up by a written agreement to decide disputes about a town or group's rules
- Archaic
A former county court in England that heard serious criminal and civil trials
- Formal
A court that deals with fairness in legal cases, like trusts and estates
- Formal
A court that deals with family matters like custody, divorce, and child support
- Formal
A court that deals with family problems like divorce, child custody, and support
- Formal
A quick military trial held in the field for urgent offenses without the usual rules
A major 1778 battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution where the British army withdrew
- Archaic
A small roadside hotel or group of cabins where you can park near your room
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
Court comes from the Latin cohors, meaning 'enclosure' or 'group'. Because rulers used their court to make decisions, the same word later named the place where judges hear cases, so court now means a legal place for trials.