courthouse (noun)

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• courthouse — ► NOUN 1) a building in which a judicial court is held. 2) US a building containing the administrative offices of a county …   English terms dictionary

• courthouse — noun Courthouse is used after these nouns: ↑county …   Collocations dictionary

• courthouse — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. a building in which courts of law are regularly held b. the principal building in which county offices are housed 2. county seat …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• courthouse — noun a) A public building housing courts of law. b) The public building where most American counties have their county offices …   Wiktionary

• courthouse — noun 1》 a building in which a judicial court is held. 2》 US a building containing the administrative offices of a county …   English new terms dictionary

• courthouse — noun (C) especially AmE a building containing courts of law …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• courthouse — noun 1. a government building that houses the offices of a county government • Hypernyms: ↑government building 2. a building that houses judicial courts • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑house …   Useful english dictionary

• courthouse — UK [ˈkɔː(r)tˌhaʊs] / US [ˈkɔrtˌhaʊs] noun [countable] Word forms courthouse : singular courthouse plural courthouses legal mainly American a building that has one or more courts in it for legal trials …   English dictionary

• courthouse — court|house [ kɔrt,haus ] noun count a building that has one or more courts in it for legal trials …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• courthouse — /ˈkɔthaʊs / (say kawthows) noun a building in which courts of law are held …  

• battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse — noun a battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign • Syn: ↑Spotsylvania • Regions: ↑Virginia, ↑Old Dominion, ↑Old Dominion State, ↑VA • Instance Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary