court : Idioms & Phrases

• one disposed to act as a friend in a place of special opportunity or influence.

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• noun a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies
  appeals court; appellate court.
  

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• a court having cognizance of appeals.

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• noun a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies
  appeals court; appellate court.
  

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• (Eng. Hist.), a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to augment to revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. Encyc. Brit.

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• noun the court on which badminton is played
  

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Base"-court` noun

Etymology

F. basse-cour. See Base, a., and Court, n.

Definitions

1. The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle.
2. (Law) An inferior court of law, not of record.

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• noun the court on which basketball is played
  

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• noun a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
  Battle of Monmouth; Battle of Monmouth Court House.
  

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• . Same as Ecclesiastical court.
• the English ecclesiastical courts in the aggregate, or any one of them.

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• (Law), a court which sits successively in different places in its circuit (see Circuit, 6). In the United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction of the same class, in matters of State cognizance.

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• noun one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit'
  

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• The municipal court of a city. U. S.

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• noun formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
  appearing; appearance.
  

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• noun disrespect for the rules of a court of law
  

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• a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county.

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• education acquired at court.

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• noun one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
  face card; picture card.
  

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• . Same as Coat card.

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• one or more paragraphs of news respecting the sovereign and the royal family, together with the proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with such duty. Eng. Edwards.

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• a day on which a court sits to administer justice.

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• the dress prescribed for appearance at the court of a sovereign.

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• verb seek favor by fawning or flattery
  court favor; curry favor; curry favour.
  
  • This employee is currying favor with his superordinates

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• verb seek favor by fawning or flattery
  court favor; curry favor; curry favour.
  
  • This employee is currying favor with his superordinates

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• a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes and nobles for their amusement.

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• noun an athletic game played on a court
  

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• a directory of the names and adresses of the nobility and gentry in a town.

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• the hand or manner of writing used in records and judicial proceedings. Shak.

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• The full court sitting at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius.

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• (Eng. Law), lands kept in demesne, that is, for the use of the lord and his family.

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• one who acts as marshal for a court.

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• noun a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies
  appeals court; appellate court.
  

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• etc. See under Arches, Audience, etc.

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• noun the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)
  assizes; court of assize.
  

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• noun the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)
  assizes; court of assize.
  

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• (Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. Mozley & W.

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• noun a court with jurisdiction in equity
  chancery.
  

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• . See Chancery, n.

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• . (Law) See Common pleas, under Common.

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• noun a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)
  court of domestic relations; domestic relations court.
  

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• . See under Equity, and Chancery.

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• (Mil.) , a court appointed to inquire into and report on some military matter, as the conduct of an officer.

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• noun a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
  lawcourt; court; court of justice.
  

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• noun a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
  lawcourt; court; court of justice.
  

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• noun the British royal court
  

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• the usual designation of the British Court; so called from the old palace of St. James, which is used for the royal receptions, levees, and drawing-rooms.

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• noun a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something
  

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• a party attached to the court.

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• noun a plaster composed of isinglass on silk; formerly used to dress superficial wounds
  

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• the records of a court. SeeRoll.

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• noun an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court
  real tennis; royal tennis.
  

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Court" ten"nis

Definitions

1. See under Tennis.

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Court"-bar`on noun

Definitions

1. (Law) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse.

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Court"-craft` noun

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1. The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts.

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Court"-cup`board noun

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1. A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. Obs.

   A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak.

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Court"-leet` noun

Definitions

1. (Eng. Law) A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. Blackstone.

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• noun a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law
  
• noun a trial that is conducted by a military court
  
• verb subject to trial by court-martial
  

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Court`-mar"tial noun

Wordforms

plural Courts-martial

Definitions

1. A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.

Court`-mar"tial transitive verb

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Court-martialed present participle & verbal noun Court-martialing

Definitions

1. To subject to trial by a court-martial.

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• adjective satellite ordered by a court of law
  

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Court"-plas`ter noun

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1. Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin.

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• noun a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases
  

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• a day for the appearance of parties in a suit.

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• a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district.

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• noun a court having jurisdiction over the termination of marriage contracts
  

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• noun a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)
  court of domestic relations; domestic relations court.
  

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• (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four players, two on each side.

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• noun a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offenses committed in action
  

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• (Mil.), a summary court-martial called to try offenses on the battlefield or the line of march, when, sometimes, a drumhead has to do service as a writing table.

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• courts for maintaining the discipline of the Established Church; called also Christian courts. Eng.

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• noun a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)
  court of domestic relations; domestic relations court.
  

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• noun a court establish by the authority of a federal government
  

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• (U.S.Army), a court-martial consisting of one field officer empowered to try all cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison and regimental courts. Farrow.

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• a place for playing fives.

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• noun an area (as in a shopping mall) where fast food is sold (usually around a common eating area)
  

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• noun a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies
  F.I.S.C..
  

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• noun an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest
  amicus curiae.
  

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• the legislature of a State; so called from having had, in the colonial days, judical power; as, the General Court of Massachusetts. U.S.

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• (Mil.), the highest military and naval judicial tribunal.

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• noun the court on which handball is played
  

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• a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641.

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• noun the highest court in most states of the United States
  state supreme court; high court.
  

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• noun (basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games
  

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• (Feudal Law), one held in an honor or seignory.

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• a court held for all the inhabitants of a hundred. Eng.

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• noun any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court
  inferior court.
  

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• (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the superior, or higher, court.

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• (Eng.), the four societies of "students and practicers of the law of England" which in London exercise the exclusive right of admitting persons to practice at the bar; also, the buildings in which the law students and barristers have their chambers. They are the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn.

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• noun a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations
  International Court of Justice.
  

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• noun a court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children
  

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• noun an irregular unauthorized court
  

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• the court of a lady of the manor.

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• noun any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court
  inferior court.
  

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• noun Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)
  Court.
  

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• noun a judicial court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel
  

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• noun a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
  Battle of Monmouth; Battle of Monmouth Court House.
  

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• noun a mock court where law students argue hypothetical cases
  

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• a mock court, such as is held by students of law for practicing the conduct of law cases.

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• noun a criminal court (in large cities) that sits at night
  

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• (Law), a court in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of orphans or other wards.

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• noun resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court
  

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• a court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. Eng.

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• in Louisiana, a court in each parish.

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• noun a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offenses
  

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• a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police.

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• a court having jurisdiction of all captures made in war on the high seas. Bouvier.

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• noun a court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates
  

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• noun a military court for trying people charged with minor offenses in an occupied area
  

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• a court for playing the game of rackets.

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• (or of any public body), the parchments or rolls on which the acts and proceedings of that body are engrossed by the proper officer, and which constitute the records of such public body.

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• noun the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
  court.
  
• noun the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
  court.
  

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• (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for only two players.

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• noun a court-martial to try soldiers for offenses less serious that than those committed in action; consists of at least three officers
  

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• (Eccl. Law), an ecclesiastical court, or a court having jurisdiction in ecclesiastical affairs; a court held by a bishop or other ecclesiastic.

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• noun the indoor court in which squash is played
  

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• noun the highest court in most states of the United States
  state supreme court; high court.
  

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• the practice or manner observed by a court in its proceedings. Ayliffe.

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• (O. Eng. Law), the court in which tenants owe attendance to their lord.

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• noun any court that has jurisdiction above an inferior court
  

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• noun the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
  Supreme Court; Supreme Court of the United States.
  
• noun the highest court in most states of the United States
  state supreme court; high court.
  

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• noun the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
  Supreme Court; Supreme Court of the United States.
  

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• noun the court on which tennis is played
  

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• a place or court for playing the game of tennis. Shak.

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• the temple at Jerusalem; hence, a church, or Christian house of worship.

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• to seek to gain favor by attentions. "Alcibiades was assiduous in paying his court to Tissaphernes." Jowett.

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• to refuse further judicial hearing.

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• noun a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
  court; motor inn; motor lodge; motor hotel.
  

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• noun a court that has power to prosecute for traffic offenses
  

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• noun the first court before which the facts of a case are decided
  

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• noun the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
  Supreme Court; Supreme Court of the United States.
  

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• a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. Abbott.

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• noun the court on which volleyball is played
  

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• noun a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations
  International Court of Justice.
  

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