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court
What does court mean?
court (noun): an organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use court in a sentence?
- The court is now in session. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce court?
/kɔɹt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does court come from?
From Middle English court, from Old French cort, curt, from Late Latin cōrs, contracted from Latin cohors.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “court” mean?
an organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus
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the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed
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that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
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a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
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