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Definition of Lawcourt
1. Noun. A tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws.
Definition of Lawcourt
1. Noun. a court of law. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lawcourt
Literary usage of Lawcourt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Athenian Grain-tax Law of 374/3 B.C. by Ronald S. Stroud (1998)
"There has never been very persuasive archaeological evidence to suggest that it
could have been a lawcourt.23 20 Eg, Wachsmuth 1890, II, p. ..."
2. Charis: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr by Sara Anderson Immerwahr, Anne Proctor Chapin (2004)
"It is worth noting that the Square Peristyle, never finished, probably served
its purpose as a lawcourt for only a brief time, if at all; see Agora XXVII, ..."
3. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1916)
"Storm at sea, dense and heavy lawcourt, the dirty round of the wet docks,— one
after another, and a dozen more, scene after scene, give us the actual, ..."
4. Hellenic Civilization by George Willis Botsford (1915)
"... a lawcourt-lover, no man like him. 1 It is reasonable to suspect that this
number is merely a ..."
5. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1876)
"It contains some things that might be said in a lawcourt ; some, unsuited to such
a place, but illustrative of my philosophy ; some, which may profit young ..."
6. Aristotle's theory of poetry and fine art: with a critical text and by Samuel Henry Butcher, Aristotle (1898)
"... brings them before us as lawcourt disputants ; he incarnates a metaphor such
as the philosopher in the clouds, the jurymen with waspish temper, ..."
7. Aristotle's Poetics by Aristotle (1902)
"He personifies the Just and the Unjust Logic, and brings them before us as lawcourt
disputants; he incarnates a metaphor such as the philosopher ' in the ..."
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