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Definition of Courthouse
1. Noun. A government building that houses the offices of a county government.
2. Noun. A building that houses judicial courts.
Definition of Courthouse
1. n. A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings.
Definition of Courthouse
1. Noun. A public building housing courts of law. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) The public building where most American counties have their county offices. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Courthouse
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Courthouse
Literary usage of Courthouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"From Washington courthouse to Valonia. From Charlestown, by Washington ...
From Monroe courthouse to Lewisburg. From Fredericksburg to the mouth of Potomac ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"It is insisted that, inasmuch as the statute above quoted expressly authorizes
the county court to sell or otherwise dispose of the old courthouse grounds ..."
3. The Public and General Statutes Passed by the Congress of the United States by Joseph Story, United States, George Sharswood (1840)
"courthouse, by Hawkins courthouse, and Orr's lavern, to Knoxville : From Nashville,
by Robertson Conn house, and Montgomery courthouse, to Palmyra: From ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"courthouse. See "Nearest courthouse." A "courthouse" means the building occupied
and appropriated for the holding of courts. Harris v. State, 18 South. ..."
5. The Public and General Statutes Passed by the Congress of the United States by Joseph Story, United States, George Sharswood (1839)
"From Washington courthouse to Valonia. From Charlestown, by Wash- In minois.
ington ... From Kaskaskia to Johnson courthouse. In Delaware. in Maryland. ..."
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