law court

noun

1. court of law.

Word History and Origins

Origin of law court¹

First recorded in 1610–20

Example Sentences

Her acquittal in the law court would be as nothing to her if it must be followed by an avowal of her guilt to her own son!

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To say in a law court that the objection is immaterial is otherwise to say that it is trivial.

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There are still men and women in the English country-side who think there is some sort of disgrace attached to a law court.

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The old law-court contains the museum, with a collection of antiquities and paintings, and a library.

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The htel de ville, containing a museum of paintings, the law-court and the theatre are modern buildings.

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