单词 | court-day |
释义 | court-dayn. 1. A day on which a court (legal, administrative, etc.) is held. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > a or the session of a court > [noun] > period when courts sit > day when court sits law-day1235 court-day1484 pleadable day1569 hall day1585 1484–5 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Dunstan's, Canterb. Spent the next Corte day after and suyng of the Corte iijd. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Tours de palais, court dayes, when Judges do sit. 1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus 68 in A. Pope Wks. II The Judge took time to deliberate, and the next Court-Day he spoke. 1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xiii, in Poems 14 I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day..Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash. 1803 J. 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. 1812 M. L. Weems Lett. III. 71 On the days immediately succeeding the Court days. 1836 Southern Lit. Messenger 2 432/2 To a northern traveller in the southern states, there is scarcely any thing more novel or entertaining than a Court day. 1849 C. Lanman Lett. Alleghany Mts. xviii. 148 The hermit said he would attend to it on the next court-day, and his word was accepted. 1906 F. Lynde Quickening 28 Could this be South Tredegar, the place that had hitherto figured chiefly to him as ‘court-day’ town? 2. A day on which a prince holds court. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > [noun] > visiting time or day > at court court-night1715 court-day1720 1720 London Gaz. No. 5901/1 It happened to be the..Court-day, and there was a more than ordinary Appearance at the Palace. 1786 F. Burney Diary 24 July (1842) III. 29 The court-days, which require a particular dress. 1836 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 32 243 Members of that House were accustomed on Court-days to carry certain things intended at least to represent swords. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1484 |
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