court-roomn.
A room or chamber in which a court is regularly held. Also attributive.
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1677 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 143 For ye makeing up of ye Court Roome in ye forte fitt for ye Court to sitt in.
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 324 In the court-room are several fine pictures.
1857 R. W. Emerson Solitude & Society in Atlantic Monthly Dec. 227/2 'Tis in the court-room you must read law.
1904 Daily Chron. 24 May 6/3 He gets a better living than he would at the music-halls if his court-room humour is the best he is capable of.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio ii. 42 A record of courtroom ‘atmosphere’.
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