Court vs. Trial

Courtnoun

An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

‘The girls were playing in the court.’;

Trialnoun

An opportunity to test something out; a test.

‘They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.’;

Courtnoun

A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.

Trialnoun

Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined.

Courtnoun

(social) Royal society.

Trialnoun

A difficult or annoying experience.

‘That boy was a trial to his parents.’;

Courtnoun

The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.

‘The noblemen visited the queen in her court.’;

Trialnoun

A tryout to pick members of a team.

‘soccer trials’;

Courtnoun

The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.

‘The queen and her court traveled to the city to welcome back the soldiers.’;

Trialnoun

(ceramics) A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.

Courtnoun

Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.

Trialnoun

(UK) An internal examination set by Eton College.

Courtnoun

Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.

Trialadjective

Pertaining to a trial or test.

Courtnoun

(law) The administration of law.

Trialadjective

Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.

Courtnoun

The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

‘Many famous criminals have been put on trial in this court.’;

Trialadjective

Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.

Courtnoun

The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.

‘The court started proceedings at 11 o'clock.’;

Trialadjective

Triple.

Courtnoun

A tribunal established for the administration of justice.

Trialadjective

(grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people; contrast singular, dual and plural. (See Ambai language for an example.)

‘No language has a trial number unless it has a dual.’;

Courtnoun

The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.

Trialverb

To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.

‘The warning system was extensively trialed before being fitted to all our vehicles.’;

Courtnoun

The session of a judicial assembly.

‘The court is now in session.’;

Trialverb

To try out (a new player) in a sports team.

‘The team trialled a new young goalkeeper in Saturday's match, with mixed results.’;

Courtnoun

Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

Trialnoun

The act of trying or testing in any manner.

Courtnoun

(sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.

‘The local sports club has six tennis courts and two squash courts.’; ‘The shuttlecock landed outside the court.’;

Trialnoun

Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.

‘[I] defy thee to the trial of mortal fight.’;

Courtverb

(transitive) To seek to achieve or win.

‘He was courting big new accounts that previous salesman had not attempted.’;

Trialnoun

The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men.

‘Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings.’;

Courtverb

(transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).

‘He courted controversy with his frank speeches.’;

Trialnoun

The act of testing by experience; proof; test.

‘Repeated trials of the issues and events of actions.’;

Courtverb

(transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.

Trialnoun

That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial.

‘Every station is exposed to some trials.’;

Courtverb

(transitive) To engage in behavior leading to mating.

‘The bird was courting by making an elaborate dance.’;

Trialnoun

Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.

Courtverb

(transitive) To attempt to attract.

Trialnoun

The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue.

Courtverb

(transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.

Trialnoun

(law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal;

‘most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial’;

Courtverb

(intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.

‘She's had a few beaus come courting.’;

Trialnoun

the act of testing something;

‘in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately’; ‘he called each flip of the coin a new trial’;

Courtverb

(intransitive) To engage in courtship behavior.

‘In this season, you can see many animals courting.’;

Trialnoun

(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications;

‘the trials for the semifinals began yesterday’;

Courtverb

(transitive) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

Trialnoun

(law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law;

‘he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty’;

Courtnoun

An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

‘The courts of the house of our God.’; ‘And round the cool green courts there ran a rowOf cloisters.’; ‘Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court.’;

Trialnoun

trying something to find out about it;

‘a sample for ten days free trial’; ‘a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain’;

Courtnoun

The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.

‘Attends the emperor in his royal court.’; ‘This our court, infected with their manners,Shows like a riotous inn.’;

Trialnoun

an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event;

‘his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him’; ‘life is full of tribulations’; ‘a visitation of the plague’;

Courtnoun

The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.

‘My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you.’; ‘Love rules the court, the camp, the grove.’;

Trialnoun

the act of undergoing testing;

‘he survived the great test of battle’; ‘candidates must compete in a trial of skill’;

Courtnoun

Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.

‘The princesses held their court within the fortress.’;

Trialnoun

a formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings

‘the editor was summoned to stand trial for libel’; ‘the newspaper accounts of the trial’;

Courtnoun

Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.

‘No solace could her paramour intreatHer once to show, ne court, nor dalliance.’; ‘I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle.’;

Trialnoun

a test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone or something

‘clinical trials must establish whether the new hip replacements are working’;

Courtnoun

The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

‘Most heartily I do beseech the courtTo give the judgment.’;

Trialnoun

a sports match to test the ability of players eligible for selection to a team

‘he cracked his ankle the week before the final trial’;

Courtnoun

The session of a judicial assembly.

Trialnoun

a test of individual ability on a motorcycle over rough ground or on a road.

Courtnoun

Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

Trialnoun

an event in which horses, dogs, or other animals compete or perform

‘horse trials’;

Courtnoun

A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.

Trialnoun

a person, experience, or situation that tests a person's endurance or forbearance

‘the trials and tribulations of married life’;

Courtverb

To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.

‘By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted.’;

Trialverb

test (something, especially a new product) to assess its suitability or performance

‘teachers all over the UK are trialling the materials’;

Courtverb

To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.

‘If either of you both love Katharina . . . Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.’;

Trialverb

(of a horse, dog, or other animal) compete in trials

‘the pup trialled on Saturday’;

Courtverb

To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.

‘They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom.’; ‘Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and solitude.’;

Trial

In law, a trial is a coming together of parties to a dispute, to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to adjudicate claims or disputes. One form of tribunal is a court.

Courtverb

To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

‘A well-worn pathway courted usTo one green wicket in a privet hedge.’;

Courtverb

To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.

Courtnoun

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

Courtnoun

the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state

Courtnoun

a specially marked area within which a game is played;

‘players had to reserve a court in advance’;

Courtnoun

a room in which a law court sits;

‘television cameras were admitted in the courtroom’;

Courtnoun

a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings;

‘the house was built around an inner court’;

Courtnoun

the residence of a sovereign or nobleman;

‘the king will visit the duke's court’;

Courtnoun

the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince

Courtnoun

a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area

Courtnoun

Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)

Courtnoun

respectful deference;

‘pay court to the emperor’;

Courtverb

make amorous advances towards;

‘John is courting Mary’;

Courtverb

seek someone's favor;

‘China is wooing Russia’;

Courtverb

engage in social activities leading to marriage;

‘We were courting for over ten years’;

Court

A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law. In both common law and civil law legal systems, courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all people have an ability to bring their claims before a court.