COURT: dictionary definitions

Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Ed., page 318 - International Law
  • ​COURT. The person and suit of the sovereign; the place where the sovereign sojourns with his regal retinue, wherever that may be. ​
Black’s Law Dictionary, Fourth Ed., page 425
  • COURT​. An agency of the sovereign created by it directly or indirectly under its authority, consisting of one or more officers, established and maintained for the purpose of hearing and determining issues of law and fact regarding legal rights and alleged violations thereof, and of applying the sanctions of the law, authorized to exercise its powers in the course of law at times and places previously determined by lawful authority. [Isbill v. Stovall, Tex.Civ.App., 92 S.W. 2d 1067, 1070] ​
Merriam-Webster On-Line Dictionary
  • COURT:
  1.      the residence of a sovereign or similar dignitary  
  2.      a sovereign and his officials and advisers as a governing power  
  3.      an assembly of the retinue of a sovereign
  4.      an open space enclosed by a building or buildings
  5.      a space walled or marked off for playing a game (as tennis or basketball)  
  6.      the place where justice is administered; also: a judicial body or a meeting of a judicial body
"Through the courts, encouraging the government to obey the law."