courthouse
courthouse
Definition
court·house (kôrt′ho̵us′)
noun
- a building in which law courts are held
- ☆ a building that houses the offices of a county government
- ☆ 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.
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