law court
Where trials happen
A law court is a place where legal cases are heard and decided by a judge or jury.
The term is more common in British than American English, where court or courthouse typically suffices: The case will be heard in law court next month.
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- benchShared seating surface
- jury boxCourtroom seating for peers
- gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
bailiff · witness · sworn testimony · verdict · testimony · plaintiff · attorney · voir dire · jurisdiction · defendant · legal counsel · cross-examination · closing argument · appeal · summons · sentence · subpoena · ruling
- courtsmagistrates, tribunals
- Greek architectureParthenon, stoa, agora, acropolis, bouleuterion
- Roman LawCorpus Juris Civilis, Justinian Code, Twelve Tables, Digest, Paul
law courtout-of-court settlement
Resolution bypassing formal litigation
arbitration · mediation · negotiation · backroom deal · kangaroo court
law courtanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
lawlessness · state of nature · mob rule · chaos · no man's land
law courtlynch mob
Crowd executing without trial
vigilante justice · mob justice · vigilantism · lawlessness · revenge killing
law, court, lawyer, courtesy, lawful, courteous, courts, courtyard, courtship