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base-court|ˈbeɪskɔət|
Also 5–6 basse-courte, 7–9 bass-court.
[f. base a. 3 + court; in sense 1 directly from 15th c. F. basse-court (OF. basse-cort, -curt, mod.F. basse-cour).]
1. The lower or outer court of a castle or mansion, occupied by the servants; the court in the rear of a farm-house, containing the out-buildings.
1491Caxton Four Sons iii. (1885) 98 Reynawde..sawe that the basse-courte of the castell brenned. 1575Churchyard Chippes (1817) 83 Thei laye under the rampire of the base courte, and slue sondrie of our soldiours. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 38 [The farmer's wife] is tyed to matters within the House and base Court. 1759B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 212 Bass-Courts for Officers and Servants. 1821Scott Kenilw. xxv, The large base-court or outer-yard of the noble Castle.
2. An inferior court of justice, one that is not a court of record; e.g. a court baron.
1542–3Act. 34-5 Hen. VIII, xxvii. §82 The returne of a write of false iudgement, out of a base court, before the sayde Iustices. 1757Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. Wks. X. 438 The original manner of granting feudal property, and something like it is still practised in our base-courts. |