Court

Definition - Noun
[Old French, enclosed space, royal entourage, court of justice, from Latin cohort- cohors farmyard, armed force, retinue]
1 a  : an official assembly for the administration of justice
: a unit of the judicial branch of government <the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior ~s as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish ­U.S. Constitution art. III>
see also the Judicial System in the back matter
b  : a session of such a court
c  usu cap : the Supreme Court of the United States
2  : a place (as a building, hall, or room) for the administration of justice <order in the ~>
3  : a judge or judges acting in official capacity <an issue to be decided by the ~> <the ~ may neither preside at nor attend the meeting of creditors ­J. H. Williamson>
4  usu cap : a legislative body <the General Court of Massachusetts>
5  : a body (as the International Court of Justice) exercising judicial powers over its members or the members of a body represented by it <an ecclesiastical ~>
: without a court hearing
: by private arrangement <settled out of court>
Pronunciation'kOrt

Pronunciation Key

  • \&\ as a and u in a b ut
  • \[^&]\ as e in kitt en
  • \&r\ as ur and er in f urther
  • \a\ as a inash
  • \A\ as a in ace
  • \Š\ as o in m op
  • \au\ as ou in ou t
  • \ch\ as ch in ch in
  • \e\ as e in bet
  • \E\ as ea in easy
  • \g\ as g in go
  • \i\ as i in hit
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  • \I\ as i in ice
  • \j\ as j in job
  • \[ng]\ as ng in sing
  • \O\ as o in go
  • \o\ as aw in law
  • \oi\ as oy in boy
  • \th\ as th in thin
  • \[th_]\ as thin the
  • \Ÿ\ as oo in loot
  • \u\ as oo in foot
  • \y\ as y in yet
  • \zh\ as si in vision
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