Usually means: Institution resolving disputes through law.
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We found 67 dictionaries that define the word court:

General (33 matching dictionaries)
  1. court: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. court, the court: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. court: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. court: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Court, court: Vocabulary.com
  6. Court, Court, court, court: Wordnik
  7. Court, court: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Court, court: Wiktionary
  9. court: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. court: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. court: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Court, court: Dictionary.com
  13. court: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. court: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Court (District Electoral Area), Court (disambiguation), Court (film), Court (judicial), Court (law), Court (royal), Court (surname), Court, The Court (TV series): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Court: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. court: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. court: Rhymezone
  19. court, court(e): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. court: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. COURT: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. court: Free Dictionary
  23. court: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Court, court: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. Court: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. court: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. court: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. court: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  5. Court: DivorceNet.com (Annotated Divorce Law Dictionary)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. Court (judicial), Court (law), court, the court: Legal dictionary
  9. Court (judicial), Court (law), court: Financial dictionary
  10. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Court (judicial), Court (law), Court (volleyball), The Court, court: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Court (judicial), Court (law), court: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Arms and Armour (No longer online)
  4. court: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Court: Easton Bible
  2. Court: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. court: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Court: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. Court, The Court: Urban Dictionary

Sports (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Handball-Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Racquetball Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Court: Tennis Glossary
  4. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  5. Squash Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  7. Inter Badminton (No longer online)
  8. Court: Sports Definitions
  9. Badminton Terms (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Heavy construction glossary (No longer online)
  2. COURT (SHORT), COURT: French-English Wine Glossary
  3. Court: Dictionary of Military Architecture

(Note: See courted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
noun:  (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
noun:  (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
noun:  (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
noun:  (social) Royal society.
noun:  The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
noun:  The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
noun:  Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
noun:  Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone
noun:  (law) The administration of law.
noun:  The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
noun:  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 cases.
noun:  An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
noun:  (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
noun:  The session of a judicial assembly.
noun:  Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
noun:  (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
noun:  one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
noun:  (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
verb:  (transitive) To seek to achieve or win.
verb:  (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
verb:  (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
verb:  (transitive) To engage in behavior leading to mating.
verb:  (transitive) To attempt to attract.
verb:  (transitive) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
verb:  (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
verb:  (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.
verb:  (intransitive) To engage in courtship behavior.
noun:  A surname from Middle English for someone who worked or lived in a court.
noun:  A municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.

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