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quarter court

quarter court noun: any of the lower courts established in Iceland circa 965 during the period of the Icelandic Commonwealth, each having 36 judges and responsible for one quarter of the country.

Noun

quarter court (plural quarter courts)

  1. (historical) Any of the lower courts established in Iceland circa 965 during the period of the Icelandic Commonwealth, each having 36 judges and responsible for one quarter of the country.

Forms of quarter court

pluralquarter courts

Questions about quarter court

What does quarter court mean?
Quarter court means any of the lower courts established in Iceland circa 965 during the period of the Icelandic Commonwealth, each having 36 judges and responsible for one quarter of the country.
What part of speech is quarter court?
Quarter court is a noun.
What is the plural of quarter court?
The plural of quarter court is quarter courts.

Words near quarter court in the dictionary

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  2. quarter bottle
  3. quarter bottles
  4. quarter circle
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  8. quarter crack
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  10. quarter day
  11. quarter days

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