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courthouse Definition

court·house (kôrtho̵us′)

noun

  1. a building in which law courts are held
  2. ☆ a building that houses the offices of a county government
  3. ☆ a county seat: used in names of towns or cities
courthouse Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • leave: He leaves the courthouse to go to his hotel, followed by FBI agents.
  • refurbish: It has grown organically over the centuries; avoid the 1970s block and stay in the beautifully refurbished 1650 courthouse.
  • design: People People Norman Foster and Nicholas Grimshaw are competing to design a new courthouse in Denver, USA.
  • include: This is the twenty-ninth time the town has been bombed, so almost every building in Omagh has been rebuilt, including the courthouse.
  • have: The town, which was taken by the Roundheads during the Civil War, has the oldest courthouse in existence in Britain.

Adjective modifier

  • federal: McGough took the suit to the federal courthouse to file, but refused to pay the filing fee.
  • historic: Temples of Justice: A Photo Tour of California's Historic Courthouses.
  • former: The former courthouse in Old Street, east London.
  • old: The town, which was taken by the Roundheads during the Civil War, has the oldest courthouse in existence in Britain.
  • local: It was also the local courthouse with executions taking place there.
  • new: The entrance to this lane was situated roughly where the gate to the new courthouse is now.

Modifies a noun

  • renovation: You can compare the video includes our courthouse renovations the board for.
  • step: Last year, the widow of asbestos sprayer Eric Reid was offered a settlement of £ 200,000 on the courthouse steps.
  • accommodation: Consortia bidding for courthouse accommodation projects normally include construction, facilities management, security, and finance companies.
  • project: All the financial implications of establishing the courthouse project have been examined, including all capital acquisition and refurbishment costs and on-going running costs.
  • record: The Payseurs have gone to extreme lengths to corrupt government documents, such as courthouse records.

Noun used with modifier

  • county: To do this you must either meet with a registrar or sign a form at the county courthouse.
  • century: We view the site of an underground prison, monastic foundations, a Jacobean Hall, a 16th gatehouse and an 18th century courthouse.

Possessives

  • town: Located in the heart of La Paz, the building was formerly the town's courthouse.

Preposition: until

  • detainee: Protesters in solidarity with the incarcerated continue to hunger strike and camp outside the courthouse until the remaining detainees are released.
courthouse Quotes

It is portentous, and a thing of state That here at midnight, in our little town A mourning figure walks, and will not rest, Near the old courthouse pacing up and down.

—Lindsay, (Nicholas) Vachel