Phrase guide

court of law

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A court presided over by a judge which is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: court of justice

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A court which was empowered to decide questions of law and award monetary damages, but could not provide equitable relief, which was reserved for a court of equity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: court, lawcourt, court of justice

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: court, tribunal, judicature

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: geregshof — court presided over by a judge
  • Albanian: gjyq — court presided over by a judge
  • Arabic: مَحْكَمَة (maḥkama) — court presided over by a judge
  • Arabic: عَدْلِيَّة (ʕadliyya) — court presided over by a judge
  • Armenian: դատարան (dataran) — court presided over by a judge
  • Azerbaijani: ədələt məhkəməsi — court presided over by a judge
  • Azerbaijani: məhkəmə — court presided over by a judge
  • Belarusian: суд (sud) — court presided over by a judge
  • Belarusian: трыбуна́л (trybunál) — court presided over by a judge
  • Bengali: আদালত (adalot) — court presided over by a judge
  • Bulgarian: съд (sǎd) — court presided over by a judge
  • Bulgarian: трибуна́л (tribunál) — court presided over by a judge
  • Burmese: တရားရုံး (ta.ra:rum:) — court presided over by a judge
  • Chinese Cantonese: 法庭 (faat3 ting4) — court presided over by a judge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法庭 (fǎtíng) — court presided over by a judge
  • Czech: soud — court presided over by a judge
  • Danish: domstol — court presided over by a judge
  • Dutch: rechtbank — court presided over by a judge
  • Dutch: gerechtshof — court presided over by a judge
  • Dutch: hof van justitie — court presided over by a judge
  • Estonian: kohus — court presided over by a judge
  • Finnish: tuomioistuin — court presided over by a judge
  • French: tribunal — court presided over by a judge
  • French: cour de justice — court presided over by a judge
  • Georgian: სასამართლო (sasamartlo) — court presided over by a judge
  • German: Gericht — court presided over by a judge
  • German: Gerichtshof — court presided over by a judge
  • Greek: δικαστήριο (dikastírio) — court presided over by a judge
  • Hebrew: בֵּית־מִשְׁפָּט (beit-mishpát) — court presided over by a judge
  • Hindi: अदालत (adālat) — court presided over by a judge
  • Hungarian: bíróság — court presided over by a judge
  • Hungarian: törvényszék — court presided over by a judge
  • Icelandic: dómstóll — court presided over by a judge
  • Irish: cúirt — court presided over by a judge
  • Japanese: 裁判所 (saibansho) — court presided over by a judge
  • Kazakh: сот (sot) — court presided over by a judge
  • Khmer: តុលាការ (tolaakaa) — court presided over by a judge
  • Korean: 법원 (beobwon) — court presided over by a judge
  • Korean: 재판소 (jaepanso) — court presided over by a judge
  • Kyrgyz: сот (sot) — court presided over by a judge
  • Kyrgyz: суд (sud) — court presided over by a judge
  • Lao: ສານ (sān) — court presided over by a judge
  • Latin: tribūnal — court presided over by a judge
  • Latin: considium — court presided over by a judge
  • Latin: iūs — court presided over by a judge
  • Latin: forum — court presided over by a judge
  • Latvian: tiesa — court presided over by a judge
  • Lithuanian: teismas — court presided over by a judge
  • Macedonian: суд (sud) — court presided over by a judge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: domstol — court presided over by a judge
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: domstol — court presided over by a judge
  • Iranian Persian: مَحْکَمِه (mahkame) — court presided over by a judge
  • Iranian Persian: دادْگاه (dâdgâh) — court presided over by a judge
  • Iranian Persian: مُحاکِمِه (mohâkeme) — court presided over by a judge
  • Polish: sąd — court presided over by a judge
  • Polish: trybunał — court presided over by a judge
  • Portuguese: tribunal — court presided over by a judge
  • Romanian: tribunal — court presided over by a judge
  • Romanian: curte de judecată — court presided over by a judge
  • Romanian: judecătorie — court presided over by a judge
  • Russian: суд (sud) — court presided over by a judge
  • Russian: трибуна́л (tribunál) — court presided over by a judge
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̑д — court presided over by a judge
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȗd — court presided over by a judge
  • Shan: လုမ်းတြႃး (lúm tráa) — court presided over by a judge
  • Slovak: súd — court presided over by a judge
  • Slovene: sodišče — court presided over by a judge
  • Spanish: tribunal de justicia — court presided over by a judge
  • Swedish: domstol — court presided over by a judge
  • Tajik: маҳкама (mahkama) — court presided over by a judge
  • Tajik: суд (sud) — court presided over by a judge
  • Tatar: мәхкәмә (mäxkämä) — court presided over by a judge
  • Thai: ศาลยุติธรรม (sǎan-yút-dtì-tam) — court presided over by a judge
  • Turkish: adliye — court presided over by a judge
  • Ottoman Turkish: مجلس (meclis) — court presided over by a judge
  • Turkmen: sud — court presided over by a judge
  • Turkmen: kazyýet — court presided over by a judge
  • Ukrainian: суд (sud) — court presided over by a judge
  • Ukrainian: трибуна́л (trybunál) — court presided over by a judge
  • Urdu: عَدالَت ('adālat) — court presided over by a judge
  • Uyghur: سوت (sot) — court presided over by a judge
  • Uyghur: مەھكىمە (mehkime) — court presided over by a judge
  • Uzbek: adliya — court presided over by a judge
  • Uzbek: sud — court presided over by a judge
  • Uzbek: mahkama — court presided over by a judge
  • Vietnamese: toà án — court presided over by a judge
  • Zazaki: soret — court presided over by a judge
  • Zazaki: edliya (diq) — court presided over by a judge