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court of law

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

Noun

court of law (plural courts of law)

  1. A court presided over by a judge which is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes.
  2. (archaic) 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.

court of law meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

court of law in Hindi

court presided over by a judge
अदालत adālat

court of law in Tamil

சட்டமுறை நீதிமன்றம்

court of law in Marathi

court of law, tribunal
न्यायालय nyāyālay

court of law in Urdu

court presided over by a judge
عَدالَت 'adālat
More languagesFewer languages
court of law in Bengali
আদালত adalot
court of law in Kannada
ಕಟ್ಟಳೆಮನೆ, ಮೊರೆಮನೆ, ತೀರ್ಪುಮನೆ
court of law in Gujarati
અદાલત adālat
court of law in Arabic
مَحْكَمَة maḥkama, عَدْلِيَّة ʕadliyya
court of law in Thai
ศาลยุติธรรม sǎan-yút-dtì-tam
court of law in Vietnamese
toà án
court of law in Myanmar
တရားရုံး ta.ra:rum:

Synonyms of court of law

Forms of court of law

pluralcourts of law
alternative formlaw court

Questions about court of law

What does court of law mean?
Court of law means a court presided over by a judge which is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes.
What is court of law in Hindi?
Court of law in Hindi is अदालत (adālat). See Court of law meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is court of law?
Court of law is a noun.
What is the plural of court of law?
The plural of court of law is courts of law.

Words near court of law in the dictionary

  1. court of honors
  2. court of honour
  3. court of inquiry
  4. court of justice
  5. court of last resort
  6. court of law
  7. court of public opinion
  8. court of record
  9. court of regard
  10. court of second instance
  11. Court of Session

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Adapted from Wiktionary: court of law (page history and authors); court of law (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); न्यायालय (Marathi) (page history and authors); court of law (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અદાલત (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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