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<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A tribunal established for the administration of justice.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.</def>

<blockquote>Most heartily I do beseech the <b>court</b> To give the judgment. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>The session of a judicial assembly.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.</def>

<cs><col>Christian court</col>, <cd>the English ecclesiastical courts in the aggregate, or any one of them.</cd> -- <col>Court breeding</col>, <cd>education acquired at court.</cd> -- <col>Court card</col>. <cd>Same as <cref>Coat card</cref>.</cd> -- <col>Court circular</col>, <cd>one or more paragraphs of news respecting the sovereign and the royal family, together with the proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with such duty. <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <i>Edwards</i>.</cd> -- <col>Court day</col>, <cd>a day on which a court sits to administer justice.</cd> -- <col>Court dress</col>, <cd>the dress prescribed for appearance at the court of a sovereign.</cd> -- <col>Court fool</col>, <cd>a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes and nobles for their amusement.</cd> -- <col>Court guide</col>, <cd>a directory of the names and adresses of the nobility and gentry in a town.</cd> -- <col>Court hand</col>, <cd>the hand or manner of writing used in records and judicial proceedings. <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>Court lands</col> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>lands kept in demesne, -- that is, for the use of the lord and his family.</cd> -- <col>Court marshal</col>, <cd>one who acts as marshal for a court.</cd> -- <col>Court party</col>, <cd>a party attached to the court.</cd> -- <col>Court rolls</col>, <cd>the records of a court. See<er>Roll</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Court in banc</col>, &or; <col>Court in bank</col></mcol>, <cd>The full court sitting at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at <i>nisi prius</i>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Court of Arches</col>, <col>audience</col></mcol>, etc. <cd>See under <er>Arches</er>, <er>Audience</er>, <it>etc.</it></cd> -- <col>Court of Chancery</col>. <cd>See <er>Chancery</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <col>Court of Common pleas</col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Common pleas</cref>, under <er>Common</er>.</cd> -- <col>Court of Equity</col>. <cd>See under <er>Equity</er>, and <er>Chancery</er>.</cd> -- <col>Court of Inquiry</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>, a court appointed to inquire into and report on some military matter, as the conduct of an officer.</cd> -- <col>Court of St. James</col>, <cd>the usual designation of the British Court; -- so called from the old palace of St. James, which is used for the royal receptions, levees, and drawing-rooms.</cd> -- <col>The court of the Lord</col>, <cd>the temple at Jerusalem; hence, a church, or Christian house of worship.</cd> -- <col>General Court</col>, <cd>the legislature of a State; -- so called from having had, in the colonial days, judical power; as, the <i>General Court</i> of Massachusetts.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col>To pay one's court</col>, <cd>to seek to gain favor by attentions. "Alcibiades was assiduous in <i>paying his</i> <er>court</er> to Tissaphernes." <i>Jowett</i>.</cd> -- <col>To put out of court</col>, <cd>to refuse further judicial hearing.</cd></cs>

<h1>Court</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Courted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Courting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.</def>

<blockquote>By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously <b>courted</b>. <i>Macualay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.</def>

<blockquote>If either of you both love Katharina . . . leave shall you have to <b>court</b> her at your pleasure. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.</def>

<blockquote>They might almost seem to have <b>courted</b> the crown of martyrdem. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Guilt and misery . . . <b>court</b> privacy and silitude. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.</def>

<blockquote>A well-worn pathway <b>courted</b> us To one green wicket in a privet hedge. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Court</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To play the lover; to woo; <as>as, to go <ex>courting</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Court-baron</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court"-bar`on</hw> <tt>(-b?r`?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse.</def>

<h1>Courtbred</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court"bred`</hw> <tt>(-br?d`)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly.</def>

<h1>Court-craft</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court"-craft`</hw> <tt>(k?rt"kr?ft`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts.</def>

<h1>Court-cupboard</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court"-cup`board</hw> <tt>(-k?b`b?rd)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A way with the joint stools, remove the <b>court-cupboard</b>, look to the plate. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Courteous</h1> <Xpage=335>