court of law

English

Alternative forms

• law court

Pronunciation

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Noun

court of law (plural courts of law)

1. A court presided over by a judge which is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes.

   Synonyms: court of justice; see also Thesaurus:court of law

2. (archaic) A court which was empowered to decide questions of law and award monetary damages, but could not provide equitable relief, which was reserved for a court of equity.

Translations

court presided over by a judge — see also court of justice

• Afrikaans: geregshof
• Albanian: gjyq (sq) m
• Arabic: مَحْكَمَة (ar) f (maḥkama), عَدْلِيَّة f (ʕadliyya)
• Armenian: դատարան (hy) (dataran)
• Azerbaijani: ədələt məhkəməsi, məhkəmə (az)
• Belarusian: суд m (sud), трыбуна́л m (trybunál)
• Bengali: আদালত (bn) (adalot)
• Bulgarian: съд (bg) m (sǎd), трибуна́л (bg) m (tribunál)
• Burmese: တရားရုံး (my) (ta.ra:rum:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 法庭 (faat³ ting⁴)

  Mandarin: 法庭 (zh) (fǎtíng)

• Czech: soud (cs) m
• Danish: domstol (da) c
• Dutch: rechtbank (nl) c, gerechtshof (nl) n, hof van justitie n
• Estonian: kohus (et)
• Finnish: tuomioistuin (fi)
• French: tribunal (fr) m, cour de justice f
• Georgian: სასამართლო (sasamartlo)
• German: Gericht (de) n, Gerichtshof (de) m
• Greek: δικαστήριο (el) n (dikastírio)
• Hebrew: בֵּית־מִשְׁפָּט (he) m (beit-mishpát)
• Hindi: अदालत (hi) f (adālat)
• Hungarian: bíróság (hu), törvényszék (hu)
• Icelandic: dómstóll (is) m
• Irish: cúirt (ga) f
• Japanese: 裁判所 (ja) (さいばんしょ, saibansho)
• Kazakh: сот (sot)
• Khmer: តុលាការ (km) (tolaakaa)
• Korean: 법원(法院) (ko) (beobwon), 재판소(裁判所) (ko) (jaepanso)
• Kyrgyz: сот (ky) (sot), суд (ky) (sud)
• Lao: ສານ (lo) (sān)
• Latin: tribūnal n, considium n, iūs (la) n, forum (la) n
• Latvian: tiesa f
• Lithuanian: teismas (lt) m
• Macedonian: суд (mk) m (sud)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: domstol (no) m

  Nynorsk: domstol m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مَحْکَمِه (mahkame), دادْگاه (dâdgâh), مُحاکِمِه (mohâkeme)

• Polish: sąd (pl) m, trybunał (pl) m
• Portuguese: tribunal (pt) m
• Romanian: tribunal (ro) n, curte de judecată f, judecătorie (ro)
• Russian: суд (ru) m (sud), трибуна́л (ru) m (tribunál)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: су̑д m

  Latin: sȗd (sh) m

• Shan: လုမ်းတြႃး (lúm tráa)
• Slovak: súd m
• Slovene: sodišče n
• Spanish: tribunal de justicia m
• Swedish: domstol (sv) c
• Tajik: маҳкама (mahkama), суд (sud)
• Tatar: мәхкәмә (mäxkämä)
• Thai: ศาลยุติธรรม (sǎan-yút-dtì-tam)
• Turkish: adliye (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: مجلس (meclis)

• Turkmen: sud, kazyýet
• Ukrainian: суд (uk) m (sud), трибуна́л m (trybunál)
• Urdu: عَدالَت f ('adālat)
• Uyghur: سوت (sot), مەھكىمە (mehkime)
• Uzbek: adliya (uz), sud (uz), mahkama (uz)
• Vietnamese: toà án (vi)
• Zazaki: soret f, edliya (diq) f