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noun

Courthouse n.

A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings. (U.S.)

A county town; so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States. "Providence, the county town of Fairfax, is unknown by that name, and passes as Fairfax Court House."

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... several millions of dollars. The home secretary, the department of public works, the finance and revenue departments, the secretary of agriculture, the postmaster general and the secretary of war, each has quite as good an office for himself and his clerks as he occupies at Calcutta. There is a courthouse, a law library, a theatre and opera house, a number of clubs and churches, for the archbishop and the clergy follow their flocks, and the Calcutta merchants come along with their clerks and merchandise to supply the wants ...

— Modern India • William Eleroy Curtis

... Riot Act instead of doing it myself," added the Mayor. "It'll be a good introduction for you, and as you live in Manitou, it'll be a knock-out blow to the toughs. Sometimes one man is as good as a hundred. Come on to the Courthouse with me," he continued cheerfully. "We'll fix the whole thing. All the special constables are waiting there with the regular police. An extra foot on a captain's shoulders is as good as ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... of land a considerable collection of buildings. It was Panama City! Five minutes later they could even distinguish the American flag—how glorious the sight!—fluttering at the staffhead of the courthouse, and could see the streets and ships in the harbor thronged with people who were evidently waiting ...

— Around the World in Ten Days • Chelsea Curtis Fraser

... Before the courthouse, in the presence of the town officials, and Union officers and men, a proclamation by General Botha in Dutch, English, and German was read, which placed the conquered districts under martial law, and ...

— The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various

... is," said Rap. "It is where people are accused of doing something wrong and they go down to the courthouse, and the judge hears what they have to say about it; and, if he thinks they have done the things, he binds them over for trial. They often have hearings down in the town hall in ...

— Citizen Bird • Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues

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