Meanings
plural courts of law · alternative law court
- A court presided over by a judge which is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes.
Synonyms: court of justice
- archaicA 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.
Synonyms: court of justice, court, judicatory, tribunal
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA court presided over by a judge which is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes.
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans geregshof
- geregshofcourt presided over by a judge
Arabic مَحْكَمَة, عَدْلِيَّة
- مَحْكَمَة (maḥkama)court presided over by a judge
- عَدْلِيَّة (ʕadliyya)court presided over by a judge
Bengali আদালত
- আদালত (adalot)court presided over by a judge
Bulgarian съд, трибуна́л
- съд (săd)court presided over by a judge
- трибуна́л (tribunál)court presided over by a judge
Chinese Cantonese 法庭
- 法庭 (faat³ ting⁴)court presided over by a judge
Chinese Mandarin 法庭
- 法庭 (fǎtíng)court presided over by a judge
Czech soud
- soudcourt presided over by a judge
Danish domstol
- domstolcourt presided over by a judge
Dutch rechtbank, gerechtshof
- rechtbankcourt presided over by a judge
- gerechtshofcourt presided over by a judge
- hof van justitiecourt presided over by a judge
Estonian kohus
- kohuscourt presided over by a judge
Finnish tuomioistuin
- tuomioistuincourt presided over by a judge
French tribunal, cour de justice
- tribunalcourt presided over by a judge
- cour de justicecourt presided over by a judge
German Gericht, Gerichtshof
- Gerichtcourt presided over by a judge
- Gerichtshofcourt presided over by a judge
Greek δικαστήριο
- δικαστήριο (dikastírio)court presided over by a judge
Hebrew בֵּית־מִשְׁפָּט
- בֵּית־מִשְׁפָּט (beit-mishpát)court presided over by a judge
Hindi अदालत
- अदालत (adālat)court presided over by a judge
Hungarian bíróság, törvényszék
- bíróságcourt presided over by a judge
- törvényszékcourt presided over by a judge
Icelandic dómstóll
- dómstóllcourt presided over by a judge
Irish cúirt
- cúirtcourt presided over by a judge
Japanese 裁判所
- 裁判所 (saibansho)court presided over by a judge
Korean 법원, 재판소
- 법원 (beobwon)court presided over by a judge
- 재판소 (jaepanso)court presided over by a judge
Latin tribūnal, considium
- tribūnalcourt presided over by a judge
- considiumcourt presided over by a judge
- iūscourt presided over by a judge
- forumcourt presided over by a judge
Latvian tiesa
- tiesacourt presided over by a judge
Lithuanian teismas
- teismascourt presided over by a judge
Norwegian Bokmål domstol
- domstolcourt presided over by a judge
Polish sąd, trybunał
- sądcourt presided over by a judge
- trybunałcourt presided over by a judge
Portuguese tribunal
- tribunalcourt presided over by a judge
Romanian tribunal, curte de judecată
- tribunalcourt presided over by a judge
- curte de judecatăcourt presided over by a judge
- judecătoriecourt presided over by a judge
Russian суд, трибуна́л
- суд (sud)court presided over by a judge
- трибуна́л (tribunál)court presided over by a judge
Slovak súd
- súdcourt presided over by a judge
Spanish tribunal de justicia
- tribunal de justiciacourt presided over by a judge
Swedish domstol
- domstolcourt presided over by a judge
Thai ศาลยุติธรรม
- ศาลยุติธรรม (sǎan-yút-dtì-tam)court presided over by a judge
Turkish adliye
- adliyecourt presided over by a judge
Ukrainian суд, трибуна́л
- суд (sud)court presided over by a judge
- трибуна́л (trybunál)court presided over by a judge
Urdu عَدالَت
- عَدالَت ('adālat)court presided over by a judge
Vietnamese toà án
- toà áncourt presided over by a judge
Cite this entry
court of law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/court%20of%20law
“court of law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/court%20of%20law. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “court of law,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/court%20of%20law.
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