A court is a tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes.
Court or courts may also refer to:
Institutions
- Royal court, the retinue and larger household and entourage of a monarch, prince of the church, or a high nobleman
Places
- Court, Saskatchewan, hamlet in Canada
- Court, Switzerland, 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
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 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.,
Arts, entertainment, and media
- Court (film), a 2015 Indian courtroom drama film
- Court Royal, an 1891 novel by Sabine Baring-Gould
- The Court (TV series), a 2002 American legal drama television series
- "The Court" (song), 2023 song by Peter Gabriel
- "Dancing in the Courthouse", a 2023 song by Dominic Fike
Brands and enterprises
- Court Line, a defunct frill-free charter airline
- Courts (brand), a furniture retailer in the Caribbean and Pacific, and formerly the United Kingdom
Legal hierarchy
Other uses
- Court, a social group of animals, notably kangaroos
- Court, a verb meaning to seek the affections of another, see courtship
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