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. |
Jury (a.) For temporary use |
Jury (a.) A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced. See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest. |
Jury (a.) A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition |
Jury-rigged (a.) Rigged for temporary service. See Jury, a. |