n.
place where justice is administered
1) to hold ~
2) to adjourn; dismiss (a) ~
3) to take smb. to ~
4) to clog the ~s (with frivolous litigation)
5) an appeals ( esp. BE ), appellate; circuit; city, municipal; county; criminal; crown ( BE ); district ( AE ); domestic relations, family; federal ( US ); high; juvenile; kangaroo ('irregular'); magistrate's; moot; night; orphans'; police; probate; small-claims; superior; supreme; traffic; trial ~
6) a ~ of appeals; a ~ of common pleas; a ~ of domestic relations; a ~ of law; a ~ of original jurisdiction
7) in ~ (to testify in ~; in open ~)
8) out of ~ (to settle a case out of ~)
sovereign's residence
9) to hold ~
10) at ~ (at the ~ of Louis XIV)
homage
11) to pay ~ to smb.
sports arena
12) a basketball; clay (for tennis); grass (for tennis); squash; tennis; volleyball ~
motel
( obsol. ) ( AE )
13) a motor, tourist ~