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Court (disambiguation)

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A court is a tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes.

Court or courts may also refer to:

Institutions

  • Royal court, the retinue and larger household and entourage of a monarch, prince of the church, or a high nobleman

Places

People

Architecture

  • Food court, a collection of retail outlets selling food ready to eat
  • Game court, a defined playing area with a prepared surface, for a game or sport, usually with solid boundaries
    • Basketball court, a playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end where the sport of basketball is played
    • Tennis court, the venue where the sport of tennis is played

Arts and entertainment

Brands and enterprises

  • Court Line, a defunct frill-free charter airline
  • Courts (retailer), a furniture retailer in the Caribbean and Pacific, and formerly the United Kingdom

Other uses

  • Court, a social group of animals, notably kangaroos
  • Court, a verb meaning to seek the affections of another, see courtship
  • Cul-de-sac, a dead-end street with a circular turnaround area for vehicles to turn around and exit back the way they came in