courtroom
- noun
- /ˈkɔrtˌrum/
- So why don't you describe what happens in the courtroom when they read the guilty verdict?
- federal courtroom
- walk into the courtroom
- get to the courtroom
And yes, I'm standing in the courtroom and he, he, you get.
- And yes, I'm standing in the courtroom and he, he, you get.
- So never had anyone walked into a British courtroom dressed like that, right?
- Once I saw him weep in a courtroom, neglected, needing nursing.
- It's a piece of shit courtroom, like shitty carpeting, like nothing.
- Those tantrums don't work in courtroom settings.
- A group of people will be called to the courtroom for questioning.
- But they both had moments in that courtroom where their behavior and words looked awful.
- I would not trust this in courtrooms.
- Three out of four Americans, she said, believe that campaign contributions affect courtroom decisions.
- But yeah, things are going from bad to worse inside of the courtroom.
- And so and and across the courtroom, they shouted to the truck driver, he's lying.
- He said that she was the best courtroom litigator he had ever seen.
Examples
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The jury listened carefully as the evidence was presented in the courtroom.
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I want him out of my courtroom.
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All right, people in the courtroom, I have one simple question.
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Do you understand what our strategy was in the courtroom yesterday?
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And the judge had to excuse herself from the courtroom because she was in tears.
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A group of people will be called to the courtroom for questioning.
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Those victims deserve their time in this courtroom.
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Judge 4 reported that a colleague did require everyone in his courtroom to fill out a form.
Academic text (2017) -
A sign on the wall informed me that the courtroom was still used for trials.
Fiction book (1992) -
I hurried out of the courtroom so I wouldn't have to talk to anyone.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
A place where a judge hears and decides legal cases
A place where a judge hears and decides cases about the law
A place where a judge hears cases and gives decisions
A place where judges decide legal cases and apply the law
A place where a judge hears and decides legal cases
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Courtroom comes from two simple words: court meaning 'a place where judges or officials meet to decide things' and room meaning 'an indoor space'. So a courtroom is the specific room where the court meets to hear and decide legal cases.