Courthouse

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  • noun. A building housing judicial courts.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A building housing a county government's offices.
  • noun. A county seat.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A building in which courts of law are held; a building appropriated to the use of law-courts.
  • noun. In the southern United States, the village or town in which such a building is situated; a county-seat: common in the names of places: as, Culpeper Court-House, in Virginia. Abbreviated C. H.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings.
  • noun. A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A public building housing courts of law.
  • noun. The public building where most American counties have their county offices.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a government building that houses the offices of a county government
  • noun. a building that houses judicial courts
  • Word Usage
    "The new courthouse is a winner if you love maximum solar energy and accompanying sun glare dominating the entry and hallways."
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