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Definition: Court |
CourtNoun1. An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business. 2. The sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state. 3. A specially marked area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance". 4. A room in which a law court sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom". 5. A yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court". 6. The residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court". 7. The family and retinue of a sovereign or prince. 8. A hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area. 9. Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947). 10. : respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor". Verb1. Make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary". 2. Seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia". 3. Engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "court" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Court \Court\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Courted; Courting.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | COURT :FOOL:, n. The plaintiff. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Bible | Court the enclosure of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9-19; 40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of a prison (Neh. 3:25), of a private house (2 Sam. 17:18), and of a king's palace (2 Kings 20:4). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Finance | (1) an open area between buildings or walls. (2) an institution in which disputes and conflicts are heard, argued and decided on the basis of law. (3) an area equipped for playing such games as tennis or racquetball, and sometimes provided as an amenity for owners or tenants in a housing development. (references) |
Law | Government entity authorized to resolve legal disputes. Judges sometimes use "court" to refer to themselves in the third person, as in "the court has read the briefs." (references) |
Literature | Court originally meant a coop or sheepfold. It was on the Latium hills that the ancient Latins raised their cors or cohors, small enclosures with hurdles for sheep, etc. Subsequently, as many men as could be cooped or folded together were called a corps or cohort. The "cors" or cattle-yard being the nucleus of the farm, became the centre of a lot of farm cottages, then of a hamlet, town, fortified place, and lastly of a royal residence. Court. A short cut, alley, or paved way between two main streets. (French, court, "short," as prendre un chemin court, "to take a short cut.") Out of court. Not worth consideration; wholly to be discarded, as such and such an hypothesis is wholly out of court, and has been proved to be untenable. "No true bill." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Sports & Leisure | There are nine hundred square feet of volleyball -- to be covered by only six men. . Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A court is an official, public forum which is established by the lawful authority of a public power for the adjudication of disputes, and dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under the law. Some courts may function with a jury that make decisions about the facts before the court under the direction of the judge; in other courts, such as appellate courts, all decisions are made by judges. The extent of a court's power to hear the various matters which come before it is known as that court's jurisdiction, which is granted by a constitutional provision, Act of Parliament or by an enabling statute. In most civil law jurisdictions courts function under an inquisitorial system. In the common law system most courts are run on the adversarial system. The rules by which courts are run are procedural law, such as civil procedure for private disputes and criminal procedure for violation of the criminal law.
There are unipersonal and pluripersonal courts. The various matters which come before a pluripersonal court are usually assigned to a particular judge, or a judicial officer (such as a court commissioner) serving in the capacity of a judge pro tem. Every court has a presiding judge and may have one or more other judges and/or judicial officers assigned to various court departments.
See also:
- Constitutional Court
- Contempt of court
- Judicial economy
- Jurist
- Law
- Sanctions
- Supreme court
- Courts of England and Wales
- Appellate court
- Court of Faculties
- court en banc
- equity court
- ecclesiastical court
For the (original) architectural meaning of court, see courtyard.
For the entourage of a monarch, see royal court.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Court."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A court or courtyard is an enclosed area, often a space enclosed by a building that is open to the sky. These areas in inns and public buildings were often the primary meeting places for some purposes, leading to the other meanings of court.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Courtyard."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A noble court comprises a constellation of courtiers and their patrons. The patron may hold imperial, monarchical, grand ducal, electoral or other rank. A regent may hold a court together during the minority or absence of a hereditary ruler, and even an elected head of state may develop a court-like entourage.Such courts proliferated in mediaeval Europe as states splintered, especially in Germany and in Italy. Some courts became known for intrigue and power politics, others gained prominence as centres and collective patrons of art and culture.
As political executive functions generally moved to more democratic bases, noble courts have seen their function reduced to that of a noble household, concentrating on personal service to the household head, ceremonial and perhaps some residual politico-advisory functions. If republican zeal has banished its erstwile ruling nobility, courts may survive in exile.
Individual rulers differed greatly in tastes and interests, as well as in political skills and in constitutional situations. Accordingly, some founded elaborate courts based on new palaces, only to have their successors retreat to remote castles or to practical administrative centres. Personal retreats might arise far away from official court centres.
Etiquette and hierarchy flourish in highly-structured court settings and may leave conservative traces over generations.
Well-known courts include(d):
- Versailles in France
- Sans Souci in Prussia
- Saint James in Great Britain
- The Vatican in the Papal States
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The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C, is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States to interpret and decide questions of federal law. It is head of the judicial branch of the United States Government. The other two branches of the United States Government are the executive branch and the legislative branch. The Supreme Court is sometimes known by the acronym SCOTUS.
The Supreme Court is the only court required by the United States Constitution. All other federal courts are created by Congress. The justices (currently nine) are appointed for life by the President of the United States and confirmed by majority vote by the Senate. One of these nine serves as Chief Justice; the remaining members are designated Associate Justices.
As with all federal courts, the jurisdiction of the court is limited. While the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in a few cases such as suits between states, most of its work consists of appellate review of cases from state supreme courts or from lower federal courts. Its jurisdiction is limited by Article III of the U.S. Constitution to "cases" and "controversies" arising under federal law. Thus, for example, cases that arise from the state supreme courts may only be heard by the United States Supreme Court if they present an issue of federal law. Where the state court decided the case on an independent and adequate state ground, the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to hear it.
In addition, although the Constitution states the outer limits of the court's power, it also gives Congress the ability to limit its jurisdiction. Although Congress has authorized review of lower court decisions by direct appeal in limited circumstances, most cases are brought to the court by petition for a writ of certiorari, which the court has discretion to grant or deny. If the court grants certiorari, the case is placed on its calendar for briefing and oral argument. If the court denies certiorari, it does not decide the merits of the case, and the lower court's decision remains in force.
When deciding a case, each justice can write his or her own opinion; all these statements are made public. There is usually one opinion for the majority of the justices, which is designated the "Opinion of the Court". In addition to the majority opinion, there are often concurring and dissenting opinions. Usually, the majority opinion is signed by its author, but sometimes the court will issue an unsigned ("per curiam") opinion, particularly if it summarily reverses a lower court's decision without full briefing or oral argument. The majority opinion is usually preceded by a summary called a "syllabus", which concisely summaries the case and the decision. The syllabus is accompanied by a disclaimer that it is prepared by the reporter of decisions and does not constitute a part of the court's opinion.
The practice of issuing an opinion of the court was initiated during the tenure of Chief Justice John Marshall in the early nineteenth century. This replaced the previous practice by which each justice would announce a separate opinion. The former practice is still followed by appellate courts in many common law jurisdictions outside the United States.
Supreme Court decisions are cited as in the following example: Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 118 (1973). The parts of the citation are as follows:
The listed names are given in the format "Petitioner v. Respondent", where the petitioner is the party that requested certiorari after having lost the previous decision in the case, and the respondent is the party having prevailed in the lower court. Where the case has come to the court by an appeal of right, as in what is called "probable jurisdiction," the appealing party (the "appellant") is named first. In cases involving a federal agency (for example, the United States Department of Justice), the head of the agency is often named as a party to the case, such as Ashcroft v. ACLU. The v. stands for versus, Latin for "against." In speaking, it is sometimes read as "v", sometimes as "versus", and sometimes as "against."
- the opposing parties (see below)
- the number of the reporter volume in which the decision was published
- "U.S.", signifying United States Reports, the official reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court
- the page number where the decision begins
- the page number(s) of the specific material cited
- the year the case was decided
The current United States Supreme Court Justices are:
Also see Past Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (appointed by Richard Nixon in 1972 and elevated by Ronald Reagan in 1986);
- Justice Stephen Breyer (appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994);
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (appointed by Bill Clinton in 1993);
- Justice Anthony Kennedy (appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1988);
- Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1981);
- Justice Antonin Scalia (appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1986);
- Justice David Souter (appointed by George H. W. Bush in 1991);
- Justice John Paul Stevens (appointed by Gerald Ford in 1975);
- Justice Clarence Thomas (appointed by George H. W. Bush in 1990).
History
The Supreme Court convened for the first time on February 1, 1790 in New York City. The current United States Supreme Court building was designed by architect Cass Gilbert, and built between 1932 and 1935.
The Court achieved its current influence in the life of the United States during the tenure of the Chief Justice John Marshall. He was appointed to the office by John Adams in the final days of Adams' presidency. As a political opponent of the Jeffersonian Republicans, Marshall delivered a number of opinions that they found uncongenial, strengthening the Judicial branch at the expense of the Executive branch and asserting the Court's monopoly on the interpretation of the Constitution. Foremost among these cases was Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803). On February 20, 1809 a decision by the Supreme Court stated that the power of the federal government was greater than any individual state.
John Marshall continued in office long enough to serve as Chief Justice during President Andrew Jackson's term of office. His court found the policy of Indian Removal to be unconstitutional, but Jackson replied: "John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it." Jackson was later responsible for the Trail of Tears, in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling. At the conclusion of United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), many feared that Richard Nixon would refuse to turn over the Watergate tapes and become the second president to defy the court.
Congress determines the number of justices on the Court. Although the size of the Supreme Court has been set at nine for many years, it has been smaller in the past. On February 5, 1937 President Franklin Roosevelt proposed to increase the size of the Court so he could appoint justices who would support the constitutionality of his New Deal programs. Even though much of the country approved of the New Deal, they did not approve of his attempts to "pack the court," and the plan failed on July 22 when the United States Senate voted down the plan.
Recently, the Supreme Court delivered a highly controversial 5-4 decision in Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), that ended weeks of bitter legal maneuvering between lower courts following 2000 presidential election.
Notable decisions:
Notable statements:
- List of United States Supreme Court cases
- Clear and present danger (free speech)
- Lemon Test (Establishment clause)
- Miller test for obscenity
- Plessy v. Ferguson (separate but equal)
- Corporate personhood
See also
- Executive branch
- Legislative branch
External links
- US Supreme Court official homepage
- All Supreme Court decisions since 1897, from FindLaw
- Biographies of the Justices
- Extensive collection of Supreme Court decisions, audio clips and biographies of all justices of the Court
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Supreme Court of the United States."
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A Tennis court is where a game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net standing across the center.
The outside dimensions of the playing lines should be as follows: Doubles 36' x 78' (10.97m x 23.77m) Singles 27' x 78' (8.23m x 23.77m)
For tournament play where judges are required, a clear area a minimum of 70' x 130' (21.33m x 39.62m) should be provided. This allows a minimum clear playing area of 60' x 120' (18.28m x 36.57m) with an additional perimeter area for judges as well as a safe overrun area for the players.
The top of the net at the inside face of the posts or supports when used to support a net for singles play on a doubles court should be exactly 42" (1.067m) above the court surface. There should be no obstruction above the top of the net at any point, including at the post.
There are four main materials used for the court surface: clay, grass, hardcourt, and indoor. The Australian open is played on Rebound-Ace which is a type of hardcourt.
External links
- http://www.ustctba.com/guidelines-tennis/section2b.html
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tennis court."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| Court. | English | Courtage | N/A |
| ProPrIm COPAC | English | Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the Common Appeal Court | Law |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CourtSynonyms: courtroom (n), courtyard (n), homage (n), judicature (n), motel (n), motor hotel (n), motor inn (n), motor lodge (n), royal court (n), tourist court (n), tribunal (n), romance (v), solicit (v), woo (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews. |
House, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple. | |
Certainty | Gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal; res judicata, ultimatum positiveness; dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatizer; doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist, Sir Oracle; ipse dixit. |
Churchdom | Council; conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry; sanhedrim, conge d'elire; ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches. |
Council | Noun: council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff. |
Desire | Woo, court, solicit; fish for, spell for, whistle for, put up for; ogle. |
Plan | Measure, step; stroke, stroke of policy; master stroke; trump card, court card; cheval de bataille, great gun; coup, coup d'etat; clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke; bright thought, bright idea. |
Receptacle | Portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck; lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway; ante room, ante chamber; lounge; piazza. |
Chamber, apartment, room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum, sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger; nursery, schoolroom; library, study; studio; billiard room, smoking room; den; stateroom, tablinum, tenement. | |
Tribunal | Noun: tribunal, court, board, bench, judicatory; court of justice, court of law, court of arbitration, administrative court; inquisition; guild. |
Assize, eyre; wardmote, burghmote; barmote; superior courts of Westminster; court of record, court oyer and terminer, court assize, court of appeal, court of error; High court of Judicature, High court of Appeal; Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; Star Chamber; Court of Chancery, Court of King's or Queen's Bench, Court of Exchequer, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Probate, Court of Arches, Court of Admiralty; Lords Justices' court, Rolls court, Vice Chancellor's court, Stannary court, Divorce court, Family court, Palatine court, county court, district court, police court; sessions; quarter sessions, petty sessions; court-leet, court-baron, court of pie poudre, court of common council; board of green cloth. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You got cash, you can buy court justice (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) Breach attorney-client privilege, thus getting myself disbarred for life, then testify in open court against the Mafia (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe) None of their testimony is gonna hold up in court, Chief (JFK; writing credit: Jim Marrs; Jim Garrison) You brought your kids to your court hearing (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur) Okay, Sparky, here's the deal: You wanna court the little lady, ya gotta be a straight shooter, do ya got it (Aladdin; writing credit: Roger Allers; Ron Clements) | |
Lyrics | For the court of the crimson king (THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING; performing artist: King Crimson) Now he's a court jester (Paradise City; performing artist: Guns N' Roses) Which court, are y'all playin basketball (It Was a Good Day; performing artist: Ice Cube) While you watching all the brothers on the basketball court (Around the Way Girl; performing artist: L.L. Cool J) They facing a court case when the child's support late (Doo Wop (That Thing); performing artist: Lauryn Hill) | |
Clever | Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Juvenile Court (1973) Crown Court (1972) Elle court la banlieue Elle court (1972) Family Court (1971) Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (1971) | |
Song Titles | Court of the Crimson King (performing artist: King Crimson) Court of Love (performing artist: The Unifics) | |
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 | For the athletically inclined, a basketball court for a little one-on-one. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Team members from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., race up the steps of the Fayetteville, W.Va., court house during the end of the 5.5-mile run, the last event in a four-event competition sponsored by Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation dubbed Wilderness. |
 | U.S. Supreme Court (low angle). Credit: USDA. |  | Crowd outside Sage Country Inn meeting with Secretary Babbitt, and with SEORRAC, environmental committees, and the county court. Credit: Mark Armstrong & Chris Strebig. |
 | Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. Credit: NPS. |  | Westbrook Sanatorium, Richmond, VA. : View of tennis court and lawn. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Base Hospital No. 1. Vichy, France. : Court yard showing band entertaining patients. Hotel Carlton. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | "No Justice" issues a ruling at the "Royal Court" as "Justice" stands mute, during the trial of "polliwogs" in Equator crossing ceremonies for the battleship's crew, October 1944. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Engraved portrait after a sketch by Albert Rosenthal, Philadelphia, 1889, reproduced with a facsimile of Thompson's signature. Smith Thompson served as Secretary of the Navy in 1819-1823 and as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1823 until his death. Credit: NAVY. |  | Colbert County Court House, Tuscumbia, Ala.] / Isabel F. Jarvis. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Court in Leipzig" by Skitt Commentary: "Court in Leipzig at night ." | "Court house" by Uschi Hering Commentary: "District court Hamburg, Germany." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alphonse De Lamartine | A conscience without God is like a court without a judge. |
Bill Hicks | Supreme Court says pornography is anything without artistic merit that causes sexual thought, that's their definition, essentially. No artistic merit, causes sexual thought. Hmm. Sounds like...every commercial on television, doesn't it? You know, when I see those two twins on that Doublemint commercial? I'm not thinking of gum. I am thinking of chewing, maybe that's the connection they're trying to make. What? You've all seen that Busch beer commercial, where the girl in the short hot pants opens the beer bottle on her belt buckle, leaves it there, and it foams over her hand and over the bottle and the voice over goes, "Get yourself a BUSCH." Hmm. You know what that looks like, nah, no way. |
Edward Gibbon | The evidence of the heavenly witnesses -- the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost -- would now be rejected in any court of Justice. |
Jean De La Bruyere | The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished. |
Jonathan Swift | The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance and never to keep his work. |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | This is a court of law young man, not a court of justice. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | Common pleas shall not follow our court, but shall be held in some fixed place. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | But the conquered, or their children, have no court, no arbitrator on earth to appeal to. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. (reference) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment VII. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | In all other cases, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction." (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | All appeals to the Court of the Empire against decisions of the Courts of Alsace-Lorraine shall be suspended. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | Because of the obvious importance of the question presented, the Court took jurisdiction. (reference) |
Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | In the absence of other effective measures, the following procedures to safeguard the Fifth Amendment privilege must be observed: the person in custody must, prior to interrogation, be clearly informed that he has the right to remain silent, and that anything he says will be used against him in court; he must be clearly informed that he has the right to consult with a lawyer and to have the lawyer with him during interrogation, and that, if he is indigent, a lawyer will be appointed to represent him. (reference) |
Roe v. Wade | 1973 | The court ruled the Does' complaint not justiciable. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | That is court. |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | This, of course, Alice could not stand, and she went round the court and got behind him, and very soon found an opportunity of taking it away |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | that is the court of assizes |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | At the end of the unit there was a level place on which a croquet court had been set up. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Yet perhaps the virtue of those reverend sages was too strict for the corrupt and libertine manners of a court. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The drug court is a promising approach. (references) | |
Treatment includes individual and family sessions held in the clinic, in the home, or with family members at the family court, school, or other community locations. (references) | ||
Business | Jehovah's Witnesses are appealing this ruling in the Constitutional Court. (references) | |
At times, China's governmental departments have interfered in court decisions. (references) | ||
Thirty- two percent failed to endorse the work report of the Supreme People's Court. (references) | ||
Children | New Zealand | Applications to family court included protection of more than 33,000 children. (references) |
Sri Lanka | Four cases of pedophilia were brought to court in 2000, one involving a foreigner. (references) | |
Bahrain | Some legal experts have called on the Government to establish a separate juvenile court. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Iran | The Press Court hears such complaints. (references) |
Pakistan | A Lahore court sentenced Ali to death. (references) | |
Samoa | There has been no court case invoking this law. (references) | |
Discrimination | Malta | Alleged victims of job discrimination may apply directly for relief to the Employment Commission of the first hall of the Civil Court in the appropriate jurisdiction. (references) |
Hong Kong | Past criticism of the organization for passivity and for emphasizing conciliation instead of acting as a watchdog or pursuing court cases disappeared as the Commission has become increasingly activist in its approach. (references) | |
Economic History | Andorra | Appeals are heard in the Court of Appeals. (references) |
Human Rights | India | No court may overturn such a decision. (references) |
Pakistan | The case later was settled out of court. (references) | |
United Arab Emirates | Each court system has an appeals process. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bangladesh | Court proceedings continued during the year. (references) |
Canada | Court cases also continue in Quebec over timber resources. (references) | |
Honduras | Another group of Lencas staged a protest outside the Supreme Court to press for the release of a jailed colleague. (references) | |
Minorities | Estonia | The State Court justices review each case. (references) |
Pakistan | As of early October, a Sessions Court in Lahore was hearing the case. (references) | |
Romania | These cases were pending with the European Court of Human Rights at year's end. (references) | |
Political Economy | Singapore | Both suits were pending in court at year's end. (references) |
NIGERIA | Most copyright cases have been settled out of court. (references) | |
Eritrea | The use of a special court system limited due process. (references) | |
Political Rights | Botswana | Of the 13 High Court justices, 1 is a woman. (references) |
Dominican Republic | Women fill 5 of the 16 seats on the Supreme Court. (references) | |
Iceland | Of the nine Supreme Court justices, two are women. (references) | |
Trade | Sweden | In 1998, the European Court of Justice ruled in what has become known as the Silhouette Case. (references) |
Bulgaria | Applicants are required to present a certificate from the court in which their incorporation was registered and a certificate of tax registration. (references) | |
Hungary | Several government procurements have resulted in unsuccessful tenders, been challenged in court for technical violations, or prompted complaints that they were politicized. (references) | |
Women | Burundi | No known court cases have dealt with the abuse of women. (references) |
Fiji | Only one case in the last 5 years has been sent to the High Court. (references) | |
Yemen | Husbands may divorce wives without justifying their action in court. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Austria | Unions have access to the arbitration court. (references) |
Tunisia | A union may be dissolved only by court order. (references) | |
Cape Verde | No cases were brought to court during the year. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SCIMETAR, n. A curved sword of exceeding keenness, in the conduct of which certain Orientals attain a surprising proficiency, as the incident here related will serve to show. The account is translated from the Japanese by Shusi Itama, a famous writer of the thirteenth century. When the great Gichi-Kuktai was Mikado he condemned to decapitation Jijiji Ri, a high officer of the Court. Soon after the hour appointed for performance of the rite what was his Majesty's surprise to see calmly approaching the throne the man who should have been at that time ten minutes dead! "Seventeen hundred impossible dragons!" shouted the enraged monarch. "Did I not sentence you to stand in the market-place and have your head struck off by the public executioner at three o'clock? And is it not now 3:10?" "Son of a thousand illustrious deities," answered the condemned minister, "all that you say is so true that the truth is a lie in comparison. But your heavenly Majesty's sunny and vitalizing wishes have been pestilently disregarded. With joy I ran and placed my unworthy body in the market-place. The executioner appeared with his bare scimetar, ostentatiously whirled it in air, and then, tapping me lightly upon the neck, strode away, pelted by the populace, with whom I was ever a favorite. I am come to pray for justice upon his own dishonorable and treasonous head." "To what regiment of executioners does the black-boweled caitiff belong?" asked the Mikado. "To the gallant Ninety-eight Hundred and Thirty-seventh -- I know the man. His name is Sakko-Samshi." "Let him be brought before me," said the Mikado to an attendant, and a half-hour later the culprit stood in the Presence. "Thou bastard son of a three-legged hunchback without thumbs!" roared the sovereign -- "why didst thou but lightly tap the neck that it should have been thy pleasure to sever?" "Lord of Cranes of Cherry Blooms," replied the executioner, unmoved, "command him to blow his nose with his fingers." Being commanded, Jijiji Ri laid hold of his nose and trumpeted like an elephant, all expecting to see the severed head flung violently from him. Nothing occurred: the performance prospered peacefully to the close, without incident. All eyes were now turned on the executioner, who had grown as white as the snows on the summit of Fujiama. His legs trembled and his breath came in gasps of terror. "Several kinds of spike-tailed brass lions!" he cried; "I am a ruined and disgraced swordsman! I struck the villain feebly because in flourishing the scimetar I had accidentally passed it through my own neck! Father of the Moon, I resign my office." So saying, he gasped his top-knot, lifted off his head, and advancing to the throne laid it humbly at the Mikado's feet. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Gloria Allred | I might add that Megan's Law is presently being challenged before the United States Supreme Court. And I can only hope and pray that it will be upheld. |
Judy Sheindlin | That's true. But you are supposed to bring with you to the bench, especially the bench in the family court, a life's experience. |
King Constantine of Greece | Well, at the moment, I'm in the courts with the Greek government, because they have made every effort to take away my home, and I've been fighting that in the European court of human rights. |
Nancy Grace | You say look at this good looking guy, committed murder. Nobody wants to believe that. That's the fascination with the court system. You go into the mind and the heart of a human. |
Paul Burrell | In the court room. He beckoned me to come out of the dark, which is the place you sit surrounded by glass. And I stepped out of the dark and went to him. He said, the queen's stopped the trial. I literally embraced him and cried. |
Paula Poundstone | Right. The children are wards of the court and you're taking care of them until the court makes a decision about what happens with them. |
Rush Limbaugh | The Court Is Not Divided! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | A representation from the judges of the Supreme Court, which will be laid before you, points out some of the inconveniences that are experienced. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | I shall think it my duty to lay before you the proceedings and the evidence publicly exhibited on the arraignment of the principal offenders before the circuit court of Virginia. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Great inconvenience has been apprehended to suitors from the distance they would be dragged to obtain justice in the supreme court of the United States, upon an appeal on an action for a small debt. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | One-fourth of the States in the Union do not participate in the benefits of a circuit court. |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | Besides, it is a judicial question, which legitimately belongs to the Supreme Court of the United States, before whom it is now pending, and will, it is understood, be speedily and finally settled. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | When the centennial of the institution of the judicial department, by the organization of the Supreme Court, shall have been suitably observed, as I trust it will be, our nation will have fully entered its second century. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Its purpose will be to make such recommendations for reorganization of the administration of Federal laws and court procedure as may be found desirable. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The American Convention on Human Rights is in force and an Inter-American Court has been created to judge human rights violations. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Tonight, I announce that Justice Department is preparing a litigation plan to take the tobacco companies to court. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Court" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.04% of the time. "Court" is used about 28,618 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.04% | 24,051 | 363 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.92% | 4,556 | 2,145 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.03% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 28,618 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "court" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Court | Last name | 1,000 | 15,551 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "court". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ezar | N/A | N/A | Court |
| Adramyttium | N/A | Biblical | The court of death |
| Azor | N/A | Biblical | A court |
| Eleazar | N/A | Biblical | Court |
| Eleazar | N/A | Biblical | Court of God |
| Eliezer | N/A | Biblical | Court |
| Esdras | N/A | Biblical | Court |
| Ezra | N/A | Biblical | Court |
| Hazor | N/A | Biblical | Court |
| Lazarus | N/A | Biblical | Court of God |
| Ulam | N/A | Biblical | The court |
| Lazer | N/A | Jewish | Court |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Grand Court Lifestyles, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "court": a friend at court ♦ a friend in court ♦ administrative court ♦ admiralty court ♦ Amelia Court Hou ♦ appeal court ♦ appeals court ♦ appear before a court ♦ appear in court ♦ Appelate court ♦ appellate court ♦ arches Court ♦ assize court ♦ at court ♦ at court or in court ♦ attached by court ♦ audience court ♦ Augmentation court ♦ auto court ♦ back court ♦ badminton court ♦ basketball court ♦ battle of Monmouth Court House ♦ before the court ♦ bring before court ♦ bring to court ♦ by court order ♦ Cantonal Court ♦ Cape May Court H ♦ Cape May Court House ♦ center court ♦ centre court ♦ Charlotte Court ♦ Charlotte Court House ♦ Christian court ♦ Circuit court ♦ circuit court of appeals ♦ City court ♦ clay court ♦ coming into court ♦ consistorial court ♦ constitutional court ♦ contempt of court ♦ contempt of court order ♦ contempt of the court ♦ county court ♦ Court breeding ♦ court card ♦ court case ♦ court chaplain ♦ court circular ♦ court clerk ♦ court costs ♦ court day ♦ court decision ♦ court disaster ♦ court dress ♦ court favor ♦ court favour ♦ Court fool ♦ court functionary ♦ court game ♦ court guide ♦ Court hand ♦ Court in banc ♦ Court in bank ♦ court jester ♦ court judge ♦ Court lands ♦ Court marshal ♦ court martial ♦ court mourning ♦ court of appeal ♦ court of appeals ♦ court of arbitration ♦ Court of arches ♦ court of assize ♦ court of assize and nisi prius ♦ Court of audience ♦ court of cassation ♦ court of chancery ♦ Court of chivalry ♦ Court of claims ♦ court of common council ♦ Court of Common pleas ♦ Court of Conscience ♦ Court of Consience ♦ Court of delegates ♦ Court of Equity ♦ court of first instance ♦ court of first instance of ♦ court of honor ♦ court of inquiry ♦ court of inquisition ♦ court of justice ♦ Court of justiciary ♦ court of law ♦ Court of Marshalsea ♦ Court of Peculiars ♦ Court of Probate ♦ Court of record. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "court": court-action, Court-aires, court-and, court-appointed, court-approved, court-authorised, Court-baron, court-based, court-battles, court-bouillon, court-building, court-case, court-cases, court-centred, court-circle, court-connected, court-convened, Court-craft, Court-cupboard, court-going, Court-hampton, court-house, court-imposed, court-jester, Court-leet, court-life, court-like, court-made, court-mandated, court-marshall, court-martial, Court-martialed, Court-martialing, court-martialled, court-martialling, court-martials, court-messengers, court-noué, court-of-arms, court-ordered, court-packing, Court-plaster, court-related, court-roll, court-room, court-rooms, court-scholars, court-side, court-substitute, court-work, court-yard, court-you. | |
Ending with "court": cross-court, law-court, out-of-court, tennis-court. | |
Containing "court": out-of-court settlement. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "court"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | hof. (various references) | |
Albanian | vij rrotull (circle, compass, fly around, gallivant, make love, mill, prowl, putter, spark, woo), trupi gjykues (bench, judges), trup gjykues, shesh (circus, course, esplanade, field, ground, place, platform, Square, table), pallat mbretëror, oborr mbretëror, oborr (Dooryard, Garth, yard), gjyq (court of law, forum, judgement-seat, judicature, judicial examination, lawsuit, process, suit, trial, tribunal), gjykatë (law court, tribunal), fushë (area, board, branch, champaign, cornfield, country, deposit, dial, domain, face, field, ground, major, plain, range, realm, region, scope, side, world), bëj kortezh. (various references) | |
Arabic | تودد الى, بلاط الملك (palace), راود, إجتماع رسمي, إستقبال يقيمه الملك, إنهمك, جلسة (congressional, gathering, hearing, meeting, seance, session, sitting), بلاط (cobble, flagstones), تودد (courtship, endearment, fawn, woo), فناء (cessation of being, courtyard, dissolution, dooryard, dying, patio, precinct, yard), تملق (adulate, blandish, blarney, butter, butter up, cajole, cajolery, coax, coaxing, compliment, con, cringe, curry favor with, curry favour with, fawn, flatter, flattery, incense, ingratiate oneself, insinuation, kowtow, lick his boots, make, mawkish, oiliness, palaver, servilism, soap, soft soap, subservience, suck up to, sweet talk, taffy, toady, wheedle), غازل (dally, flirt, make a pass at, make out, mash, pet, philander, spoon, sue), قصر (abridge, become shorter, brevity, castle, chateau, contract, fragility, limit, limitation, mansion, mortar, narrowness, palace, reduction, restriction, shorten, shortness, smallness), مبنى كبير, محكمة (assize, court of justice, court of law, judgement, tribunal), محكمة ألاستئناف, ملعب (field, playground), تصرف بطريقة. (various references) | |
Basque | labur (short, yard), atari (short, yard). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сляпа улица (dead end, impasse), двор (courtyard, yard), дворец (palace, serai), палат (palace), почтителност (deference, respect, respectfulness), мотел (motel), отдел в музей, вътрешен двор (forecourt, inner court, patio), домогвам се до (try for), кралски двор, съдебно заседание, управително тяло, ухажвам (hang about, hang around, romance, rush, spark, woo), ухажване (addresses, attentions, courtship, gallantry, suit), съд (bar, bench, container, court of justice, court of law, inquest, judgement-seat, judicature, judiciary, jury, law, law court, receptacle, tribunal, utensil, vas, vessel), съдии (judicature), съдебна палата (courthouse), съдебна зала (chamber), корт. (various references) | |
Catalan | pati (courtyard, yard). (various references) | |
Chinese | 法院 (court of law). (various references) | |
Czech | ucházet se (apply, compete, propose), soud (bar, courthouse, judgement, judgment, plea), sál (auditorium, hall, house, lounge, saloon), předcházet si, dvorec, dvùr (courtyard, farmyard, yard). (various references) | |
Danish | gårdsplads (courtyard, yard), gård (courtyard, estate, farm, property, ranch, yard), elske (love, woo). (various references) | |
Dutch | scharrelen (flirt, flit, flutter, fumble, scratch, woo), het hof maken (woo). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kortumo, korto (courtyard, yard), juĝejo (courtroom), instanco (authoritative source), amindumi (woo). (various references) | |
Faeroese | tún (courtyard, yard), garður (courtyard, rampart, yard), fjasa (flirt, flit, flutter, woo). (various references) | |
Farsi | حیاط (Compound, Curtilage, Patio, Quirk), خواستگاری (Suit), اظهارعشق (Assault, Courtship), دادگاه (Bar, Courthouse, Courtroom, Forum), دربار, بارگاه . (various references) | |
Finnish | tuomioistuin (forum, tribunal), piha (courtyard, yard), oikeusistuin (lawcourt), oikeusaste (lawcourt), oikeus (justice, privilege, right), kosiskella (woo), hovi. (various references) | |
French | cour (courtship, courtyard), terrain (course). (various references) | |
Frisian | erf (courtyard, stichwort, yard). (various references) | |
German | Hof (barn, corona, courtyard, farm, farmyard, halo, playground, quad, quadrangle, schoolyard, Square, yard), gericht (bar, bench, court of justice, courtroom, dish, food, forum, judgment, law court, meal, trial, tribunal), instanz (authoritative source, authority, instance, trial). (various references) | |
Greek | γήπεδο (pitch, plat, playground, playing field, plot), ερωτοτροπώ (dally, flirt, philander, smooch, vamp), αυλή (courtyard, yard), δικαστήριο (assize, bench, court of justice, courthouse, forum, law court, tribunal). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לחזור על (go round, iterate, repeat, review, woo), לחזר אחרי (lallygag, solicit, woo), לחזר (circulate, go begging, go round, iterate), בית משפט (court of justice, court of law, law court). (various references) | |
Hungarian | udvar (backyard, courtyard, run, to court, yard), törvényszék (bar, court of justice, court of law, courthouse, tribunal), bíróság (bench, court of justice, court of law, court-house, judgement-seat, judicature, judiciary, law court, tribunal). (various references) | |
Icelandic | sofa hjá (woo). (various references) | |
Indonesian | keraton (royal palace). (various references) | |
Italian | cortile (backyard, courtyard, quad, quadrangle, yard). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 御殿 (palace). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きんちゅう (Imperial Palace or household, intramuscular injection), さいばんしょ (courthouse), ほういん, ごてん (palace), こうはんてい (courtroom), だいほうてい. (various references) | |
Korean | 법원. (various references) | |
Manx | sooree (courtship, go together, love-making, philander; love affair, suit, wooing), quaiyl (assembly, guild, legislature, parliament, session, tribunal), faaie (flat field, green, lawn, paddock, square). (various references) | |
Maori | whakaipoipo (to court). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ha samleie med (woo), elske (love, woo), domstol. (various references) | |
Occitan | cort (short, yard). (various references) | |
Papiamen | curá (courtyard, yard). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ourtcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pátio (concourse, courtyard, garth, out-of-door, quadrangle, terrace, yard), corte (address, build, chop, cohort, courtship, cut, cutting, cutting edge, gash, hack, hackery, incision, intersection, kerf, make, nick, pen, scission, score, section, slash, swinery, tailoring), tribunal (bar, bench, courtroom, divan, law-court, tribunal), quintal (backyard, courtyard, garden, hundredweight, kitchen garden, pleasure-ground, quintal, yard), namorar (flirt, gallant, woo). (various references) | |
Romanian | curte (address, addresses, attention, attentions, bar, close, courtship, courtyard, enclosure, forecourt, love making, sport, stack yard, suit, yard). (various references) | |
Romansch | tribunal (court house). (various references) | |
Russian | юрид)выигрывать суд судебный, суд (bench, court of justice, court of law, judgement-seat, law, law court, law-court, trial, tribunal), ухаживать (attend, gallivant, keep company, make love, nurse, philander, woo), ухаживание (addresses, assiduities, attentions, courtship, love making), корт, правление (board, Board of Directors, directorate, directorial board, executive board, head office, management, regimen, regiment), площадка для игр (playground, pleasure ground, recreation ground), площадка (emplacement, field, playfield, playing field, playing-field, sandlot, stand), искать расположения, двор королевский, двор (courtyard, yard). (various references) | |
Scottish | cùirt, mòd (a court, assembly, trial). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | udvarati se (make advances to, mash, woo), sud (court of justice, courthouse, cruse, judgement, judiciary, law court, tribunal, vessel), izložiti se, igralište (field, playfield, playground, playing field, tennis court), dvorski, dvorište (courtyard, yard), dvor (palace). (various references) | |
Spanish | patio (area, areaway, Causey, courtyard, farmyard, forecourt, Grove, patio, playground, quad, quadrangle, schoolyard, stalls, yard), grave (acute, alarming, bad, courtyard, deep, demure, desperate, difficult, dignified, grave, grievous, grim, gross, heavy, important, low, lower, nasty, serious, severe, weighty, yard). (various references) | |
Sranan | prasi (courtyard, yard). (various references) | |
Swahili | ua (bloom, courtyard, flower, yard). (various references) | |
Swedish | hov (hoof, horse hoof), gård (areaway, courtyard, dooryard, enclosure, estate, farm, farmyard, homestead, inclosure, property, ranch, yard), domstol (assizes, bench, court of justice, court of law, delinquency, forum, judicature, law court, lawcourt, tribunal). (various references) | |
Thai | ศาลคดีเด็กและเยาวชน (juvenile court). (various references) | |
Turkish | avlu (atrium, close, courtyard, Dooryard, forecourt, Garth, quad, quadrangle, yard). (various references) | |
Turkmen | sud (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | судове засідання, суддя (beak, bencher, judge, justice, magistrate, oracle, umpire), суд (bank, judicature, law, tribunal), улещувати (blandish, butter up, cajole, nurse), спокушати (allure, attempt, beguile, debauch, decoy, deprave, entice, inveigle, lure, offend, seduce), корт, залицятися (gallant, gallivant, philander, squire, sweetheart, wait upon, woo), залицяння (address, courtship, flirtation, gallantry, wooing), женихатися, женихання (courtship), приваблювати (appeal, attract, captivate, commend, fetch, incline, lure, magnetize, pull, take, tempt), подвір'я (outdoors, out-of-door), переманювати, двір (yard). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | triều đình, sân nhà toà án, quần thần, quan toà (adjudicator, band, cap, judge, magistrate), không có căn cứ (baseless, ungrounded, unsubstantiated). (various references) | |
Welsh | cyntedd (porch), cwrt, caru (appreciate, like, love), llys (hall, palace). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aula, curia, curiae, curiam, iudici, iudicia, iudicialem, iudiciaque, iudicii, iudiciis, iudicio, iudiciorum, iudicium, patulum, regia, regiae, regiam, regiarum, regiis, vestibula, vestibuli, vestibulis, vestibulo, vestibulorum, vestibulum, villa. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 38, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ta lampadia autwn a estin epi twn akrwn karuwta ex autwn kai ta enqemia ex autwn ina wsin ep' autwn oi lucnoi kai to enqemion to ebdomon ap' akrou tou lampadiou epi thV korufhV anwqen stereon olon crusoun |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cuncta atrii tentoria byssus torta texuerat |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Alle the tentis of the porche bijs folden ayen hadde couerde. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Now all the hanginges of the courte rounde aboute, were of twyned bysse, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | All the hangings were of the best linen. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 38, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Ang tanan nga mga tabil sa sawang, mga lino nga fino nga linubid. |
| Chinese | 院 子 四 面 的 帷 子 、 都 是 用 撚 的 細 麻 作 的 。 |
| Croatian | Sve su zavjese oko dvorišta bile od prepredenog lana. |
| Danish | Alle Omhæng rundt om Forgården var af tvundet Byssus, |
| Dutch | Al de behangselen des voorhofs waren rondom van fijn getweernd linnen. |
| Finnish | Kaikki esipihan ympärysverhot yltympäri olivat kerratuista valkoisista pellavalangoista, |
| French | Toutes les toiles formant l`enceinte du parvis étaient de fin lin retors. |
| German | Alle Umhänge des Vorhofs waren von gezwirnter weißer Leinwand |
| Haitian Creole | Tout rido yo te fèt ak twal fen blan tise byen sere. |
| Hungarian | A pitvarnak minden szõnyege köröskörül sodrott lenbõl vala. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Semua layar di sekeliling pelataran itu dibuat dari kain linen halus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka segala pagar layar keliling halaman itu adalah dari pada benang bisus yang dipintal. |
| Italian | Tutti i tendaggi che delimitavano il recinto erano di bisso ritorto. |
| Korean | 뜰 사 면 의 포 장 은 세 마 포 요 |
| Maori | He rinena miro pai nga pa katoa o te marae a tawhio noa. |
| Norwegian | Alle forgårdens omheng helt rundt var av fint, tvunnet lingarn. |
| Portuguese | Todas as cortinas do átrio ao redor eram de linho fino torcido. |
| Rumanian | Toate pknzele de jur kmprejurul curyii erau de in subyire rqsucit. |
| Russian | чУЕ ЪБЧЕУЩ ЧП ЧУЕ УФПТПОЩ ДЧПТБ ЙЪ ЛТХЮЕОПЗП ЧЙУУПОБ, |
| Spanish | Todas las mamparas alrededor del atrio eran de lino torcido; |
| Swedish | och fotstyckena till stolparna gjordes av koppar, men stolparnas hakar och kransar gjordes av silver, och deras knoppar överdrogos med silver; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "court": courted, courteous, courteously, courteousness, courteousnesses, courter, courters, courtesan, courtesans, courtesied, courtesies, courtesy, courtesying, courthouse, courthouses, courtier, courtiers, courting, courtlier, courtliest, courtliness, courtlinesses, courtly, courtroom, courtrooms, courts, courtship, courtships, courtside, courtsides, courtyard, courtyards. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "court": backcourt, crosscourt, downcourt, forecourt, frontcourt. (additional references) | |
Words containing "court": backcourtman, backcourtmen, backcourts, discourteous, discourteously, discourteousness, discourteousnesses, discourtesies, discourtesy, forecourts, frontcourts. (additional references) | |
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"Court" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acour, acourt, cairt, caur, coart, coird, coirt, coort, coquart, coret, corkt, corot, cort, corta, corti, couard, Coubre, couir, cour, courd, coure, Couret, Courn, courre, cours, courte, courth, courty, coust, cout, coutre, Coutt, Crout, Cukura, curft, curto, curtz, kourt, Koury, Mcmurty, ourt, pourt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "court" (pronounced kô"rt) |
| 4 | k ô" r t | escort. |
| 3 | -ô" r t | abort, assort, athwart, boart, bort, cavort, comport, consort, contort, import, deport, distort, exhort, extort, Fort, forte, misreport, Mort, ort, port, quart, report, resort, short, snort, sort, sport, support, Swart, teleport, thwart, tort, torte, transport, underreport, wart. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: curt, rout, torc, tour. | |
-2 letters: cor, cot, cur, cut, orc, ort, our, out, roc, rot, rut, tor. | |
-3 letters: or, to, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: courts, couter, outcry, turaco. | |
+2 letters: citrous, cloture, clouter, contour, cornute, cornuto, corrupt, cothurn, coulter, counter, country, courant, courted, courter, courtly, couters, couther, couture, croquet, crouton, curator, cutover, cutwork, cutworm, eductor, functor, futhorc, nocturn, outcrop, outcrow, outrace, outrock, overcut, product, recount, retouch, ruction, scouter, scrotum, surcoat, toucher, touraco, trounce, turacos, turacou. | |
+3 letters: abductor, accouter, accoutre, actuator, adductor, aeroduct, autocrat, calutron, carryout, cartouch, citreous, clotured, clotures, clouters, clubroot, coauthor, commuter, computer, confuter, construe, contours, coquetry, cornuted, cornutos, corrupts, costumer, cothurni, cothurns, coulters, counters, courante, couranto, courants, courters, courtesy, courtier, courting, couthier, coutures, croquets, crosscut, croutons, crustose, curators, customer, cutovers, cutworks, cutworms, ductwork, educator, eductors, executor, fructose, functors, futhorcs, inductor, locutory, neurotic, nocturne, nocturns, obstruct, occulter, outcaper, outcharm, outcrawl, outcried, outcries, outcrops, outcross, outcrows, outcurse, outcurve, outmarch, outprice, outraced, outraces, outrance, outreach, outrocks, outscore, outscorn, outtrick, overcuts, products, recounts, reductor, ructions, ructious, scouters, scouther, scrotums, sculptor, shortcut, stuccoer, surcoats, toreutic, touchers, touchier, touracos, trounced, trouncer, trounces, turacous, turbocar, turncoat, unerotic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Frequency | 17. Names: Derived from 18. Names: Company Usage 19. Expressions 20. Expressions: Internet | 21. Translations: Modern 22. Translations: Ancient 23. Bible Trace 24. Abbreviations | 25. Acronyms 26. Derivations 27. Rhymes 28. Anagrams | 29. Bibliography |
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