Court

[Court]

Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)

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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.

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respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"

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a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"

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a specially marked area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance"

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a room in which a law court sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"

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the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke''s court"

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a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area

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the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state

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the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince

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an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

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Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)

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make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"

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engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years"

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seek someone''s favor; "China is wooing Russia"

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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.

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The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.

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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.

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Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.

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

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The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

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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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A tribunal established for the administration of justice.

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The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.

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The session of a judicial assembly.

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Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

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

v. t.
To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.

v. t.
To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.

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To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.

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To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

v. i.
To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.

Court

Court (k?rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. cor, LL. cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis, chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng; co- + a root akin to Gr. inclosure, feeding place, and to E. garden, yard, orchard. See Yard, and cf. Cohort, Curtain.] 1. 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 the house of our God.
And round the cool green courts there ran a row Cf cloisters.
Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court.
2. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.
Attends the emperor in his royal court.
This our court, infected with their manners, Shows like a riotous inn.
3. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in aithority; 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.
4. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.
The princesses held their court within the fortres.
5. 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 Dike and Duches of Newcastle.
6. (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.
7. The session of a judicial assembly. 8. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. 9. A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court. Christian court, the English ecclesiastical courts in the aggregate, or any one of them. -- Court breeding, education acquired at court. -- Court card. Same as Coat card. -- Court circular, one or more paragraphs of news respecting the sovereign and the royal family, together with the proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with such duty. [Eng.] Edwards. -- Court day, a day on which a court sits to administer justice. -- Court dress, the dress prescribed for appearance at the court of a sovereign. -- Court fool, a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes and nobles for their amusement. -- Court guide, a directory of the names and adresses of the nobility and gentry in a town. -- Court hand, the hand or manner of writing used in records and judicial proceedings. Shak. -- Court lands (Eng. Law), lands kept in demesne, -- that is, for the use of the lord and his family. -- Court marshal, one who acts as marshal for a court. -- Court party, a party attached to the court. -- Court rolls, the records of a court. SeeRoll. -- Court in banc, ∨ Court in bank, The full court sitting at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius. -- Court of Arches, audience, etc. See under Arches, Audience, etc. -- Court of Chancery. See Chancery, n. -- Court of Common pleas. (Law) See Common pleas, under Common. -- Court of Equity. See under Equity, and Chancery. -- Court of Inquiry (Mil.) , a court appointed to inquire into and report on some military matter, as the conduct of an officer. -- Court of St. James, the usual designation of the British Court; -- so called from the old palace of St. James, which is used for the royal receptions, levees, and drawing-rooms. -- The court of the Lord, the temple at Jerusalem; hence, a church, or Christian house of worship. -- General Court, the legislature of a State; -- so called from having had, in the colonial days, judical power; as, the General Court of Massachusetts. [U.S.] -- To pay one's court, to seek to gain favor by attentions. "Alcibiades was assiduous in paying his court to Tissaphernes." Jowett. -- To put out of court, to refuse further judicial hearing.

Court

Court, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Courted; p. pr. & vb. n. Courting.] 1. To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.
By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted.
2. To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.
If either of you both love Katharina . . . leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.
3. To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdem.
Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and silitude.
4. To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket in a privet hedge.

Court

Court, v. i. 1. To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.

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.

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

To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.

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Usage Examples

All those lessons that I've learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business, my company, called V Starr interiors, an interior design company, and EleVen, which I wear on court.

I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court.

All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know. I know.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

Got good news and bad news for you, Mr. President. The good news is that Chief Justice John Roberts just saved your legacy and, perhaps, your presidency by writing for the Supreme Court majority to rule health care reform constitutional.

Conservatives shouldn't count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court may rule as it should, and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does, the future of health care in America - and for that matter, the future of limited government - depends ultimately on the verdict of the American people.

Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges.

Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law.

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Other Usage Examples

I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.

I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to answer for, because it has made it impossible for Congress to reduce the corrupting influence of money on American political life.

I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings, queens, dukes and court politics, but of course like what I was explaining before, about making the science make sense, you have to make the politics make sense, too.

I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.

Henry Kissinger is the greatest living war criminal in the world today, with the blood of millions of people in Vietnam and Cambodia and Laos and Chile and East Timor on his hands. He will never appear in a court or be behind bars.

All the culture war issues will be settled by the court.

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command.

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.

Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.