court of honour

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• Court of Honour — A court regulating affairs of honour • • • Main Entry: ↑honour …   Useful english dictionary

• Court of Honor — A court of honor (or court of honour) is a semi official or unofficial tribunal constituted to determine various questions of social protocol, breaches of etiquette, and other allegations of breaches of honor, or entitlement to various honors. In …   Wikipedia

• Honour — For other uses, see Honour (disambiguation). An illustration of the Burr Hamilton duel of 1804 – Alexander Hamilton defends his honour by accepting Aaron Burr s challenge Honour or honor (see spelling differences; from the Latin word honos,… …   Wikipedia

• court — /kawrt, kohrt/, n. 1. Law. a. a place where justice is administered. b. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. c. a session of a judicial assembly. 2. an area open to the sky and mostly or entirely… …   Universalium

• Court — /kawrt, kohrt/, n. Margaret Smith, born 1942, Australian tennis player. * * * I In architecture, an outdoor room surrounded by buildings or walls. Courts have existed in all civilizations from the earliest recorded times. The small garden court… …   Universalium

• court — [12] Latin cohors designated an ‘enclosed yard’ (it was formed from the prefix com ‘with’ and an element hort which also appears in English horticulture). By extension it came to stand for those assembled in such a yard – a crowd of attendants or …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• court — [12] Latin cohors designated an ‘enclosed yard’ (it was formed from the prefix com ‘with’ and an element hort which also appears in English horticulture). By extension it came to stand for those assembled in such a yard – a crowd of attendants or …   Word origins

• Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan — The Court of Queen s Bench of Saskatchewan is the superior trial court for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The Court hears civil and criminal law cases. It is a court of inherent jurisdiction and there is no monetary limit on the claims… …   Wikipedia

• honour — Honor Hon or ([o^]n [ e]r), n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Court system of Canada — Canadian court system (Source Canadian Department of Justice) The court system of Canada is made up of many courts differing in levels of legal superiority and separated by jurisdiction. Some of the courts are federal in nature while others are… …   Wikipedia

• Court of honor — Honor Hon or ([o^]n [ e]r), n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English