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Court
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.
(4):
(n.) Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
(5):
(n.) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
(6):
(n.) 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.
(7):
(n.) 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.
(8):
(n.) A tribunal established for the administration of justice.
(9):
(n.) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
(10):
(n.) The session of a judicial assembly.
(11):
(n.) Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
(12):
(n.) A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
(13):
(v. i.) To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.
(14):
(v. t.) To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.
(15):
(v. t.) To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.
(16):
(v. t.) To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
(17):
(v. t.) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Court'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/court.html. 1828.
