单词 | court of resort |
释义 | > as lemmascourt of resort court of resort n. a court of appeal. ΚΠ 1513 Earl of Worcester et al. Let. 19 Aug. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. i. 6 (modernized text) As to his Court of Resorte,..if any Doctors of Civil Law, and Languaged, might be found in England, they would be most fit to serve his Grace there. c1630 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1714) 167 The House in which it was kept, standing on decayed Pillars, by reason of a fuller Court of resort than ordinary appearing. 1797 J. Pinkerton Hist. Scotl. I. 379 Other special cases which demanded a speedy remedy, and could not be deferred till the meeting of a parliament, the last court of resort. 1836 G. P. R. James Hist. Life Edward Black Prince II. iii. 56 The nomination of a court of resort, in case those judges should refuse or neglect to exercise their functions. 1875 Times 5 June 13/3 The Lord Chief Baron said it was high time that the question should be settled in the authority of the highest Court of resort. 1998 M. A. Barnes Trag. & Triumph Phenix City, Alabama i. 17 Cheated, angered, and with no court of resort, the soldiers fought their way through situations they were destined to lose. < as lemmas |
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