• | An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. |
• | The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace. |
• | 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. |
• | Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court. |
• | Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery. |
• | The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. |
• | 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 causes. |
• | A tribunal established for the administration of justice. |
• | The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both. |
• | The session of a judicial assembly. |
• | Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. |
• | A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court. |
• | To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with. |
• | To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo. |
• | To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek. |
• | To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract. |
• | To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting. |