plural of court card

(law) Without resorting to formal legal action.

(law, uncountable) Open disrespect for or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body, typically punishable by such sanctions as a fine or incarceration.

Just, simply; without addition or qualification; alone.

A court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases in the lowest hierarchy of a judiciary in a common law system.

(law) a court of first instance.

(law) a court of law.

sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerine

(UK, law, historical) A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet.

(law, historical) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court.