noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
federal
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William Heath Davis, who subdivided this portion of San Diego in 1850, reserved the block for a federal courthouse .
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The second closed the federal courthouse door to some first-time petitioners.
■ NOUN
county
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One after another, they gather near the Stone County courthouse square.
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The next day a dynamite bomb tore a three-foot crater into the Solano County courthouse .
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Some downtown buildings, including city hall and the county courthouse , were evacuated.
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Last Monday, a bomb threat against the county courthouse was delivered by telephone.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Computerization should not stop at the courthouse steps.
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I come away from the courthouse , brushing slowly through the streets, gazing at Liberty's and the Haunch of Venison Avenue.
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I could see the Emporium, the two churches, the dull gold dome of the courthouse .
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Its courthouse has never seen a trial, and the prison is used for storing three life jackets.
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James Dixon of Houston led about 25 sign-carrying protesters outside the courthouse .
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Seven years for courthouse killing was excessive.
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They sat at the lunch counter in Shraders Pharmacy on the courthouse square.