law court

Origin of law court

First recorded in 1610–20

The htel de ville, containing a museum of paintings, the law-court and the theatre are modern buildings.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 |Various
The former episcopal palace with its graceful Gothic chapel is used as a law-court.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 |Various
The theatre is turned into a law-court, and forensic eloquence is substituted for dramatic poetry.

Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) |John Addington Symonds
The law-court, rebuilt in recent times, preserves a Renaissance faade and a fine audience-hall of the 18th century.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6 |Various

Reader: You tell me that, when two men quarrel, they should not go to a law-court.

Indian Home Rule |M. K. Gandhi