Base-court (n.) The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house |
Base-court (n.) An inferior court of law, not of record. |
Court (n.) An inclosed space |
Court (n.) The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary |
Court (n.) The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority |
Court (n.) Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign |
Court (n.) Attention directed to a person in power |
Court (n.) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. |
Court (n.) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice |
Court (n.) A tribunal established for the administration of justice. |
Court (n.) The judge or judges |
Court (n.) The session of a judicial assembly. |
Court (n.) Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. |
Court (n.) A place arranged for playing the game of tennis |
Court (v. t.) To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery |
Court (v. t.) To endeavor to gain the affections of |
Court (v. t.) To attempt to gain |
Court (v. t.) To invite by attractions |
Court (v. i.) To play the lover |
Court-baron (n.) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward |
Court-craft (n.) The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts. |
Court-cupboard (n.) A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. |
Court-leet (n.) A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. |
Court-martial (n.) A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law. |
Court-martialed (imp. & p. p.) of Court-martial |
Court-martialing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Court-martial |
Court-martial (v. t.) To subject to trial by a court-martial. |
Court-plaster (n.) Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin. |
Court tennis () See under Tennis. |
Lady (n.) A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family |
Lady (n.) A woman having proprietary rights or authority |
Lady (n.) A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid |
Lady (n.) A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right. |
Lady (n.) A woman of refined or gentle manners |
Lady (n.) A wife |
Lady (n.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster |
Lady (a.) Belonging or becoming to a lady |
Lady () The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation. |
Lady-killer (n.) A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. |
Lady-killing (n.) The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women. |
Lady's bedstraw () The common bedstraw (Galium verum) |
Lady's bower () A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba). |
Lady's comb () An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb. |
Lady's cushion () An herb growing in dense tufts |
Lady's finger () The kidney vetch. |
Lady's finger () A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger. |
Lady's finger () A long, slender variety of the potato. |
Lady's finger () One of the branchiae of the lobster. |
Lady's garters () Ribbon grass. |
Lady's hair () A plant of the genus Briza (B. media) |
court game | an athletic game played on a court |
royal tennis real tennis court tennis | an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court |
contempt of court | disrespect for the rules of a court of law |
court-martial | a trial that is conducted by a military court |
court homage | respectful deference, pay court to the emperor |
appearance appearing coming into court | formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action |
Monmouth Court House Battle of Monmouth Court House Battle of Monmouth | a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution () that ended with the withdrawal of British forces |
English lady crab Portunus puber | crab of the English coasts |
American lady crab lady crab calico crab Ovalipes ocellatus | brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States |
ladybug ladybeetle lady beetle ladybird ladybird beetle | small round brightolored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests |
badminton court | the court on which badminton is played |
basketball court | the court on which basketball is played |
court courtyard | an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings, the house was built around an inner court |
court | a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played, players had to reserve a court in advance |
court courtroom | a room in which a lawcourt sits, television cameras were admitted in the courtroom |
court | the residence of a sovereign or nobleman, the king will visit the duke's court |
court plaster | a plaster composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to dress superficial wounds |
face card picture card court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
food court | an area (as in a shopping mall) where fast food is sold (usually around a common eating area) |
handball court | the court on which handball is played |
home court | (basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games |
lady chapel | a small chapel in a church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary |
court lawcourt court of law court of justice | a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws |
motor hotel motor inn motor lodge tourist court court | a hotel for motorists, provides direct access from rooms to parking area |
squash court | the indoor court in which squash is played |
tennis court | the court on which tennis is played |
volleyball court | the court on which volleyball is played |
court order | a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something |
pink lady | a cocktail made of gin and brandy with lemon juice and grenadine shaken with an egg white and ice |
court royal court | the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state |
Court of Saint James's | the British royal court |
Carmelite order Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the th century |
International Court of Justice World Court | a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations |
court royal court | the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince |
court tribunal judicature | an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business |
appellate court appeals court court of appeals | a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies |
circuit court of appeals | one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit' |
assizes court of assize court of assize and nisi prius | the county courts of England (replaced in by Crown courts) |
chancery court of chancery | a court with jurisdiction in equity |
criminal court | a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases |
drumhead court-martial | a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offenses committed in action |
court-martial | a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law |
special court-martial | a court-martial to try soldiers for offenses less serious that than those committed in action, consists of at least three officers |
divorce court | a court having jurisdiction over the termination of marriage contracts |
family court domestic relations court court of domestic relations | a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children) |
federal court | a court establish by the authority of a federal government |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court F.I.S.C. | a secret federal court created in by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies |
inferior court lower court | any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court |
juvenile court | a court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children |
kangaroo court | an irregular unauthorized court |