Court

kort, n. An inclosed space; yard or area; residence of a sovereign, nobleman, etc.; palace; persons composing the retinue of a sovereign, etc.; a embling of the retinue of a sovereign; attention to one in power; conduct designed to gain favor; politene ; civility. (Law.) A legal tribunal, including judges, jury, lawyers, sheriffs, etc.; the judge in; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. a case, as (listing, fr. the counsel. The se ion judicial a embly; any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. — v. t. To seek the favor of, to please, pay court to; to seek in marriage, woo; solicit. — Courteous, kert'yus, a. Of court-like elegant manners; pert, to, or expre ive of, courtesy; well-bred; polite; complaisant, — Courteously, — Court'eousne , n. — Courtesy, kerfe-sT, n, gance of manners; act of civility or respect; lty; affability; good-breeding; favor or indulgence, as disting. fr. right. — Courtesy, kert'sT, n. ture of respect or civility by women. — v. i. [courtebending SiED (-sid), of -syixg.] the knees, To"bow as an expre ion the body slightly, of civility respect. — Courtier, kort'yer, n. One who frequents courts; one who courts favor. — Courtly, a. to a court; court-like; high-bred; dignified and gant; disposed to favor the great; fawning: obsequious; sycophantic. — Court'line , n. High-breeding: elegance of manners. — Court's hip, n. Act of iting favor by complaisance or flattery; act of ing in love. — Courtesan, kerfe-zan, n. Orig. lower of the court; a prostitute; harlot; strumpet. 98