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Webster 1913 Edition


Courthouse

Court′houseˊ

(kōrt′housˊ)
,
Noun.
1.
A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings.
[U.S.]
2.
A county town; – so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States.
Providence, the county town of Fairfax, is unknown by that name, and passes as Fairfax
Court House
.
Barlett.

Definition 2024


courthouse

courthouse

See also: court-house

English

McDonaugh County courthouse

Noun

courthouse (plural courthouses)

  1. A public building housing courts of law.
  2. (US) The public building where most American counties have their county offices.


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