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. |
Federal (a.) Pertaining to a league or treaty |
Federal (a.) Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland. |
Federal (a.) Consisting or pertaining to such a government |
Federal (a.) Friendly or devoted to such a government |
Federal (n.) See Federalist. |
Fiscal (a.) Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue. |
Fiscal (n.) The income of a prince or a state |
Fiscal (n.) A treasurer. |
Fiscal (n.) A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases |
Fiscal (n.) The solicitor in Spain and Portugal |
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 |
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 |
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 |
occupational safety and health act federal job safety law | a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment |
court order | a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something |
fiscal policy | a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing) |
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 |
federal government | a government with strong central powers |
federal department federal office department of the federal government | a department of the federal government of the United States |
Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA | an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities |
Federal Communications Commission FCC | an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite |
Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI | a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice |
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center FLETC | a center in the Department of that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies |
Federal Bureau of Prisons BoP | the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes |
Federal Judiciary | the judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws |
Federal Aviation Agency FAA | an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation |
Federalist Party American Federalist Party Federal Party | a major political party in the United States in the early th century, founded by Alexander Hamilton, favored a strong centralized government |
International Court of Justice World Court | a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations |
Federal Reserve Board | the seven-member board governing the Federal Reserve System |
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 |