单词 | lawcourt |
释义 | > as lemmaslaw-court In this sense more fully defined as court of law, law-court, court of justice, court of judicature. These are distinguished as superior or inferior, according to their respective rank, the highest court of a country or state being called the Supreme Court. court of first instance: a court in which a matter must first be tried, as distinguished from a court of appeal, to which it may subsequently be carried. court of record: see quot. 17652.extracted from courtn.1law-court law-court n. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] court1297 justicec1300 benchc1325 consistoryc1386 King's Courtc1400 open court?1456 justiciary1486 justry1489 seat1560 civil court1567 tribunal1590 judicatory1593 judicature1593 law-court1619 judiciary1623 jurisdiction1765 forum1848 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iv. xii. 486 Hee durst set vp a Law-Court, and sit in iudgement within his campe. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 287 Justification..is a term taken from the law-courts. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 57 Condemned by the law-courts. < as lemmas |
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