(law) a legal case to be resolved in a court

The supreme civil court of Scotland, constituting part of the College of Justice. It sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh and is both a trial court and a court of appeal.

(tennis) Alternative form of claycourt

(transitive, law) To sue; to begin a legal process against; to take legal action against.

The act of changing the composition or number of members of a judicial body in order to alter the decisions of that body.

plural of court case

Alternative form of half court

A game of basketball played on half of the court. Generally, a player or team has to dribble the ball to the half-court line in order to get the chance to score points.

A suburban area in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2578).

In England and Wales, a lower court of law that deals with less serious offences, as well as initial hearings for serious offences prior to referring these to the Crown Court. Cases are heard by two or three magistrates, or sometimes a district judge, without a jury.