Phrase Hound found 95 phrases and 21 compound words that contain courts. The most common are listed below. Open courts in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 95
- tennis courtsplural of tennis court: A firm, rectangular surface, marked with lines and having a net across the middle, where the game of tennis is played.
- Federal Courts
- courts of appealplural of court of appeal: An appellate court.
- courts of equityplural of court of equity: A court empowered to provide only equitable relief, but not to make rulings on questions of law, nor to award monetary damages.
- courts of lawplural of court of law: A court presided over by a judge which is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes.
- courts of recordplural of court of record: A 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.
- State courts
- lower courtsplural of lower court: An inferior court.
- appellate courtsplural of appellate court: A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a lower court's decisions.
- District courts
- courts of justiceplural of court of justice: A court of law.
- courts of honorplural of court of honor: Cour d'honneur.
- courts of appealsplural of court of appeals: An appellate court.
- courts of first instanceplural of court of first instance: a court of law where legal proceedings are first heard.
- courts of honourplural of court of honour: Cour d'honneur.
- administrative courtsplural of administrative court: In many civil law jurisdictions, a specialized court separate from the ordinary court system in charge of reviewing decisions made by public authorities under administrative law.
- basketball courtsplural of basketball court: An outdoor or indoor area on which the game of basketball is played.
- circuit courtsplural of circuit court: A court that sits at more than one location in the district that it serves.
- civil courtsplural of civil court: A court dealing with cases in civil law.
- county courtsplural of county court: A civil court which deals with civil cases, such as divorce.
- equity courtsplural of equity court: A court empowered to provide only equitable relief, but not to make rulings on questions of law, nor to award monetary damages.
- family courtsplural of family court: A court convened to decide matters and make orders in relation to family law, such as the custody of children.
- food courtsplural of food court: A common area for dining, containing or surrounded by contiguous counters of multiple food vendors, often adjoining a shopping area.
- forest courtsplural of forest court: A court that had jurisdiction over a woodland area that was usually owned by the King.
- hard courtsplural of hard court: A tennis court having a hard surface, frequently concrete
Compound words 21
- courtsideAlongside the court of play.
- forecourtsplural of forecourt: The area in front of a petrol station where the petrol pumps are situated; pumping area.
- backcourtsplural of backcourt: A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
- ballcourtsplural of ballcourt: a general place (e.g. a paved yard) used to play ball games
- basecourtsplural of basecourt: The secondary, inferior, outdoor or rear courtyard of a large house, palace or castle.
- Belcourtsplural of Belcourt: A surname from French.
- claycourtsplural of claycourt: A court whose surface is made of crushed shale, stone or brick.
- courtshipsplural of courtship: The 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”).
- courtsidesplural of courtside: Alongside the court of play.
- courtsmartialplural of courtmartial: A court where cases of military law are heard.