courtrooms
Where trials happen
Courtrooms are rooms where legal proceedings take place—trials, hearings, and other judicial matters.
The word evokes the formal setting with judge's bench, witness stand, jury box, and counsel tables: The defendant entered the courtroom in handcuffs.
Courtroom dramas are a staple of film and television.
One who decides
- juryLegal decision-making body
- verdictOfficial court decision
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- objectionExpression of disapproval
evidence · cross-examination · witness stand · bench · gavel · prosecution · defense · ruling
Fictional criminal defense attorney
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- outburstSudden emotional release
- dramatic revealSudden surprising disclosure
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
sentencing · closing argument · acquittal · conviction · tension · gasps · media circus · cameras
Charge-reading court session
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- pleaFormal request or defense
- discoveryAct of finding something
subpoena · examination · redirect · exhibit · sworn testimony · opening statement · closing statement · sequester
judge
One who decides
objection · evidence · cross-examination · witness stand · bench · gavel · prosecution · defense · ruling · bailiff
Perry Mason
Fictional criminal defense attorney
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- outburstSudden emotional release
- dramatic revealSudden surprising disclosure
confession · sentencing · closing argument · acquittal · conviction · tension · gasps · media circus · cameras · high-profile
arraignment
Charge-reading court session
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- pleaFormal request or defense
discovery · subpoena · examination · redirect · exhibit · sworn testimony · opening statement · closing statement · sequester · impanel
gallery
Space for displaying artwork
- barDrinking establishment
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- witness boxCourtroom testimony enclosure
podium · railing · seating · paneling · seal · flags · lectern · mahogany · acoustics · skylight
- justicetrials, retributive justice, gavel, blind justice, judges
- civil litigationlawsuits, plaintiffs, defendants, verdicts, judgments
- court administrationclerks, docket, dockets, docketing, case files
- criminal trialstrials, accused, verdicts, convictions, charges
- trial courtstrial judges, local jurisdiction
- criminal courtstrials, verdicts, defendants, accused, convictions
courtroomsback alleys
Narrow urban passages
streets · barrooms · backrooms · parking lots · town squares
courtroomsbattlefields
Sites of military engagement
war zones · riots · mob scenes · anarchy · the wild
courtroomstorture chambers
Rooms for inflicting pain
backrooms · smoke-filled rooms · star chambers · dungeons · underground bunkers
- courtroom testimonySworn statements in trial
- courtroom dramaGenre featuring trial proceedings
- courtroom transcriptsWritten log of trials
- courtroom sketchesArtwork depicting legal proceedings
- courtroom sketchIllustration from legal proceedings