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Courthouse

A public building housing courts of law.

📖 Definitions of "Courthouse"

noun

1
A public building housing courts of law.
2
The public building where most American counties have their county offices.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Courthouse"

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Word	Definition
courtroomnoun	The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.
tribunalnoun	(law) An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
palacenoun	Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
hallnoun	A large meeting room.
courtnoun	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.
palatenoun	(figuratively) A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors.
ictrnoun	(international law) Abbreviation of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
palaisnoun	a palace
county courtnoun	(US) A court which handles both civil and criminal cases.
court house	—
law courtnoun	Alternative form of court of law. [A court presided over by a judge which is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes.]
lawcourtnoun	Alternative form of law court.
high courtnoun	(common law) A supreme court; a court to which final appeals may be taken.
district court	In Norway, the district court (literally "thing court") is the first court instance, and handles both criminal and civil cases.
municipal court	—
magistrates' courtnoun	In England and Wales, a lower court of law that deals with less serious offences, as well as initial hearings for serious offences prior to referring these to the Crown Court. Cases are heard by two or three magistrates, or sometimes a district judge, without a jury.
superior courtnoun	A court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases in the lowest hierarchy of a judiciary in a common law system.
court-housenoun	Obsolete spelling of courthouse. [A public building housing courts of law.]
gallerynoun	An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
court roomnoun	Alternative form of courtroom. [The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.]