Court
| Noun | 1. | court - an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business Synonyms: judicature, tribunal |
| 2. | court - the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state Synonyms: royal court | |
| 3. | court - a specially marked area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance" | |
| 4. | court - a room in which a law court sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom" Synonyms: courtroom | |
| 5. | court - a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court" Synonyms: courtyard | |
| 6. | court - the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court" | |
| 7. |  court - the family and retinue of a sovereign or princeSynonyms: royal court | |
| 8. | court - a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area | |
| 9. | Court - Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947) Synonyms: Margaret Court | |
| 10. | court - respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor" Synonyms: homage | |
| Verb | 1. | court - make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" |
| 2. | court - seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia" Synonyms: woo | |
| 3. | court - engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years" |
COURT, practice. A court is an incorporeal political being, which requires
for its existence, the presence of the judges, or a competent number of
them, and a clerk or prothonotary, at the time during which, and at the
place where it is by law authorized to be held; and the performance of some
public act, indicative of a design to perform the functions of a court.
2. In another sense, the judges, clerk, or prothonotary, counsellors
and ministerial officers, are said to constitute the court.
3. According to Lord, Coke, a court is a place where justice is
judicially administered. Co. Litt. 58, a.
4. The judges, when duly convened, are also called the court. Vide 6
Vin. Ab. 484; Wheat. Dig. 127; Merl. Rep. h.t.; 3 Com. Dig. 300; 8 Id.
386; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
5. It sometimes happens that the judges composing a court are equally
divided on questions discussed before them. It has been decided, that when
such is the case on an appeal or writ of error, the judgment or decree is
affirmed. 10 Wheat. 66; 11 Id. 59. If it occurs on a motion in arrest of
judgment, a judgment is to be entered on the verdict. 2 Dall. Rep. 388. If
on a motion for a new trial, the motion is rejected. 6 Wheat. 542. If on a
motion to enter judgment on a verdict, the judgment is entered. 6 Binn. 100.
In England, if the house of lords be equally divided on a writ of error, the
judgment of the court below is affirmed. 1 Arch. Pr. 235. So in Cam. Scacc.
1 Arch. Pr. 240. But in error coram nobis, no judgment can be given if the
judges are equally divided, except by consent. 1 Arch. Pr. 246. When the
judges are equally divided on the admission of testimony, it cannot be
received. But see 3 Yeates, 171. Also, 2 Bin. 173; 3 Bin. 113 4 Bin. 157; 1
Johns. Rep. 118 4 Wash. C. C. Rep. 332, 3. See Division of Opinion.
6. Courts are of various kinds. When considered as to their powers,
they are of record and not of record; Bac. Ab. Courts, D; when compared. to
each other, they are supreme, superior, and inferior, Id.; when examined as
to their original jurisdiction, they are civil or criminal; when viewed as
to their territorial jurisdiction, they are central or local; when divided
as to their object, they are courts of law, courts of equity, courts
martial, admiralty courts, and ecclesiastical courts. They are also courts
of original jurisdiction, courts of error, and courts of appeal. Vide Open
Court.
7. Courts of record cannot be deprived of their jurisdiction except by
express negative words. 9 Serg. & R. 298; 3 Yeates, 479 2 Burr. 1042 1 Wm.
Bl. Rep. 285. And such a court is the court of common pleas in Pennsylvania.
6 Serg. & R. 246.
8. Courts of equity are not, in general, courts of record. Their
decrees touch the person, not lands. or goods. 3 Caines, 36. Yet, as to
personalty, their decrees are equal to a judgment; 2. Madd. Chan. 355; 2
Salk., 507; 1 Ver. 214; 3 Caines, 35; and have preference according to
priority. 3 P. Wms. 401 n.; Cas. Temp. Talb. 217; 4 Bro. P. C. 287; 4 Johns.
Chan. Cas. 638. They are also conclusive between the parties. 6 Wheat. 109.
Assumpsit will lie on a decree of a foreign court of chancery for a sum
certain; 1 Campb. Rep. 253, per Lord Kenyon; but not for a sum not
ascertained. 3 Caines, 37, (n.) In Pennsylvania, an action at law will lie
on a decree of a court of chancery, but the pleas nil debet and nul tiel
record cannot be pleaded in such an action. 9 Serg. & R. 258.
COURT, INSTANCE. One of the branches of the English admiralty is called an instance court. Vide Instance Court.
COURT, PRIZE. One of the branches of the English admiralty, is called a prize court. Vide Prize Court.
COURT, SUPREME. Supreme court is the name of a court having jurisdiction over all other courts Vide Courts of the United States.
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