Court vs. Jail

Courtnoun

An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

Courtnoun

A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.

Courtnoun

(social) Royal society.

Courtnoun

The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.

Courtnoun

The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.

Courtnoun

Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.

Courtnoun

Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.

Courtnoun

(law) The administration of law.

Courtnoun

The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

Courtnoun

The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.

Courtnoun

A tribunal established for the administration of justice.

Courtnoun

The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.

Courtnoun

The session of a judicial assembly.

Courtnoun

Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

Courtnoun

(sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.

Courtverb

(transitive) To seek to achieve or win.

Courtverb

(transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).

Courtverb

(transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.

Courtverb

(transitive) To engage in behavior leading to mating.

Courtverb

(transitive) To attempt to attract.

Courtverb

(transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.

Courtverb

(intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.

Courtverb

(intransitive) To engage in courtship behavior.

Courtverb

(transitive) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

Courtnoun

An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

Courtnoun

The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.

Courtnoun

The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.

Courtnoun

Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.

Courtnoun

Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.

Courtnoun

The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

Courtnoun

The session of a judicial assembly.

Courtnoun

Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

Courtnoun

A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.

Courtverb

To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.

Courtverb

To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.

Courtverb

To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.

Courtverb

To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

Courtverb

To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.

Courtnoun

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

Courtnoun

the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state

Courtnoun

a specially marked area within which a game is played;

Courtnoun

a room in which a law court sits;

Courtnoun

a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings;

Courtnoun

the residence of a sovereign or nobleman;

Courtnoun

the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince

Courtnoun

a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area

Courtnoun

Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)

Courtnoun

respectful deference;

Courtverb

make amorous advances towards;

Courtverb

seek someone's favor;

Courtverb

engage in social activities leading to marriage;

Court

A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law. In both common law and civil law legal systems, courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all people have an ability to bring their claims before a court.

Jailnoun

A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

Jailnoun

(uncountable) Confinement in a jail.

Jailnoun

(horse racing) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).

Jailnoun

In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.

Jailnoun

A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.

Jailverb

To imprison.

Jailnoun

A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

Jailverb

To imprison.

Jailnoun

a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

Jailverb

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;