court A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in acco ...

is a tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes. Court or courts may also refer to:

Institutions

Royal court A royal court, often called simply a court when the royal context is clear, is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure. Hence, the word "court" may also be appl ...

, the retinue and larger household and entourage of a monarch, prince of the church, or a high nobleman

Places

Court, Switzerland Court is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (''Jura Bernois''). History Court is first mentioned in 1148 as ''Cort''. Between the 1 ...

, a municipality in the Canton of Berne * Court (Barry electoral ward), in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales * Court (District Electoral Area), in Belfast, Northern Ireland *Court, any one of several places listed in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pasadena, California * Courts Island, Tasmania * The Court, Charlton Mackrell, house in Somerset, England

People

* Court (surname)

Architecture

* Courthouse, a building where justice is administrated; may house one or more courtrooms inside * Courtroom, an interior space (often inside a courthouse/court building) where legal proceedings are conducted *

Courtyard A courtyard or court is a circumscribed area, often surrounded by a building or complex, that is open to the sky. Courtyards are common elements in both Western and Eastern building patterns and have been used by both ancient and contemporary ...

or quadrangle (nicknamed "quad"), architectural features, with the latter term usually used at colleges or university campuses * Food court, a collection of retail outlets selling food ready to eat * Game court, a defined playing area with a prepared surface, for a game or sport, usually with solid boundaries, e.g., **

Basketball court In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end. Indoor basketball courts are almost always made of polished wood, usually maple, with -high rims on each basket. Outdoor sur ...

** Volleyball court **

Squash court Squash is a racket-and-ball sport played by two or four players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow, rubber ball. The players alternate in striking the ball with their rackets onto the playable surfaces of the four walls of the court. Th ...

Tennis court A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match, doubles and singles matches. A variet ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Court'' (film), a 2015 Indian courtroom drama film *''Court Royal'', an 1891 novel by

Sabine Baring-Gould Sabine Baring-Gould ( ; 28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1,2 ...

* ''The Court'' (TV series), a 2002 American legal drama television series

Brands and enterprises

Court Line Court Line was a 20th-century British tramp shipping company that was founded in 1905. In the 1960s it diversified into shipbuilding and charter aviation. Its merchant shipping interests were based in London. Its shipyards were at Appledore in ...

, a defunct frill-free charter airline * Courts (brand), a furniture retailer in the Caribbean and Pacific, and formerly the United Kingdom

Legal hierarchy

* Supreme court * High Court * District court * Juvenile court * Girl's court

Other uses

*Court, a social group of animals, notably

kangaroo Kangaroos are four marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern ...

s *Court, a verb meaning to seek the affections of another, see

courtship Courtship is the period wherein some couples get to know each other prior to a possible marriage. Courtship traditionally may begin after a betrothal and may conclude with the celebration of marriage. A courtship may be an informal and private m ...

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