court
Common Legal Terms
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Government entity authorized to resolve legal disputes. Judges sometimes use "court" to refer to themselves in the third person, as in "the court has read the briefs."
- — Justice 101 Legal Terms Glossary retrieved 2014-05-28
- — Understanding the Federal Courts
Bankruptcy
Government entity authorized to resolve legal disputes. Judges sometimes use "court" to refer to themselves in the third person, as in "the court has read the briefs."
Criminal Law
Lawyers often refer to the judge or magistrate judge presiding over their case in the third person as "the court." For example, a lawyer may say, "The court sustained the objection," in describing a ruling made by the judge or magistrate judge handling the case.