Your Honour
Courtroom formal address
Your Honour is a formal address for judges in court, standard in British, Canadian, Australian, and other Commonwealth legal systems.
The American equivalent is Your Honor.
Lawyers and others appearing before the court use it when speaking directly to the judge: Your Honour, I object to this line of questioning.
The third-person form is His Honour or Her Honour.
One who decides
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
- benchShared seating surface
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- trialJudicial examination of claims
defendant · prosecution · defense · witness · testimony · verdict · plea · barrister
Expression of goodwill
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- decorumFitting social conduct
deference · formality · title · honorific · politeness · convention · propriety · ceremony
Of the United Kingdom
- CanadianNorth American northerner
- AustralianFrom the southern continent
- IndianPerson from either continent
- IrishOf the Emerald Isle
Malaysian · Singaporean · Hong Kong · New Zealand · South African · colonial · Westminster · common law
judge
One who decides
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
- benchShared seating surface
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
trial · defendant · prosecution · defense · witness · testimony · verdict · plea · barrister · solicitor
salutation
Expression of goodwill
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
decorum · deference · formality · title · honorific · politeness · convention · propriety · ceremony · acknowledgment
British
Of the United Kingdom
- CanadianNorth American northerner
- AustralianFrom the southern continent
- IndianPerson from either continent
Irish · Malaysian · Singaporean · Hong Kong · New Zealand · South African · colonial · Westminster · common law · wig
your, yours, yourself, yourselves, honour, honor, honourable, honorable, honourably