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ˈcourt-day
1. A day on which a court (legal, administrative, etc.) is held.
1484–5Churchw. Acc. St. Dunstan's, Canterbury, Spent the next Corte day after and suyng of the Corte iijd. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Tours de palais, court dayes, when Judges do sit. c1714Arbuthnot, etc. Mart. Scribl. xv, The judge took time to deliberate, and the next Court-day he spoke. 1786Burns Twa Dogs 93 I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day..Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash. 1803J. Orrok Let. 12 Apr. (1927) 44 But on Wednesday 30th March being a Court day at the India House, the Directors took it in Consideration. 1849C. Lanman Alleghany Mts. xviii. 148 The hermit said he would attend to it on the next court-day, and his word was accepted. 1906F. Lynde Quickening 28 Could this be South Tredegar, the place that had hitherto figured chiefly to him as ‘court-day’ town?
fig.1631Rutherford Lett. xiv. (1862) I. 68 To the great Court-day, when all things shall be righted.
2. A day on which a prince holds court.
1720Lond. Gaz. No. 5901/1 It happened to be the..Court-day, and there was a more than ordinary Appearance at the Palace. 1786F. Burney Diary 24 July, The court-days, which require a particular dress. 1836Hansard Parl. Debates Ser. iii. XXXII. 243 Members of that House were accustomed on Court-days to carry certain things intended at least to represent swords. |