Phrase Hound found 249 phrases and 89 compound words that contain court. The most common are listed below. Open court in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 249
- supreme courtA court of law which represents the highest legal authority within a jurisdiction.
- court of lawA court presided over by a judge which is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes.
- court orderA legally binding directive issued by a judge or authorized judicial officer that requires an individual or an entity to fulfill or perform specific actions or refrain from certain behaviors.
- appellate courtA court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a lower court's decisions.
- tennis courtA firm, rectangular surface, marked with lines and having a net across the middle, where the game of tennis is played.
- trial courta court of first instance.
- circuit courtA court that sits at more than one location in the district that it serves.
- District Court
- court casea legal case to be resolved in a court
- food courtA common area for dining, containing or surrounded by contiguous counters of multiple food vendors, often adjoining a shopping area.
- out-of-courtWithout resorting to formal legal action.
- high courtA supreme court; a court to which final appeals may be taken.
- day in courtAn occasion to defend oneself or one's opinion.
- basketball courtAn outdoor or indoor area on which the game of basketball is played.
- superior courtA court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases in the lowest hierarchy of a judiciary in a common law system.
- appeals courtAn appellate court, to hear appeals against lower tribunals.
- Federal Court
- friend of the courtAmicus curiae, a person or organization allowed to argue in court who is not a party to the legal action.
- court costsExpenses other than attorney's fees associated with the prosecution or defense of a lawsuit for which, in some jurisdictions, the prevailing party may demand repayment.
- court of justiceA court of law.
- court cardA king, queen, jack, or sometimes ace in a standard deck of playing cards.
- court of recordA trial court in which a clerk or reporter takes down a record of proceedings, which is preserved at least long enough for all appeals to be exhausted, or for some further period of time provided by law.
- family courtA court convened to decide matters and make orders in relation to family law, such as the custody of children.
- State Court
- probate courtA judicial body responsible for overseeing matters related to the administration of estates and the legal validation of wills.
Compound words 89
- courtyardAn area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
- courthouseA public building housing courts of law.
- courtroomThe room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.
- courtshipThe act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such politeness and respect as is traditionally given at a court (“a formal assembly of a sovereign's retinue”).
- courtlyBefitting of a royal court; reflecting the manners or behaviour of people at court; stately, rich or fine, and so suitable for a royal court.
- backcourtA courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
- curtseyA small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees to lower her body in deference.
- frontcourtThe half of the court where a team's offensive basket is located.
- courterOne who courts; one who plays the lover, or solicits in marriage.
- hardcourtA tennis court having a hard surface, frequently concrete