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courting

ˈkɔrtɪŋ
WordNet
Lucy Hay, Duchess of Carlisle, was renowned for her political intrigues at the court of Charles I.
Lucy Hay, Duchess of Carlisle, was renowned for her political intrigues at the court of Charles I.
  1. (n) courting
    a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) "its was a brief and intense courtship"
Illustrations
Susanna stands here with her hands tied before the judges awaiting judgment, was dragged to court on false charges and sentenced to death.
Susanna stands here with her hands tied before the judges awaiting judgment, was dragged to court on false charges and sentenced to death.
The queen of Sheba arrives at King Solomon's court. Her servants carry all kinds of gifts for the king. The queen of Sheba tests Solomon's wisdom by presenting him with all kinds of riddles.
The queen of Sheba arrives at King Solomon's court. Her servants carry all kinds of gifts for the king. The queen of Sheba tests Solomon's wisdom by presenting him with all kinds of riddles.
Full-length portrait of a Javanese court official. The man is wearing Javanese clothing and a Balinese keris on the back. With a plain background and a simple tiled floor.
Full-length portrait of a Javanese court official. The man is wearing Javanese clothing and a Balinese keris on the back. With a plain background and a simple tiled floor.
On a column Emperor Domitian on horseback. In the background his death, murdered by his court in his own house. The print has a Latin caption. The print is part of a twelve-part series about Roman emperors.
On a column Emperor Domitian on horseback. In the background his death, murdered by his court in his own house. The print has a Latin caption. The print is part of a twelve-part series about Roman emperors.
Court scene with a monarch receiving the insignia.
Court scene with a monarch receiving the insignia.
Jupiter and Mnemosyne. In a landscape, Jupiter, disguised as a shepherd, is courting Mnemosyne. His attribute, an eagle, flies above the scene. Left putti with the flock of sheep. Belongs to SK-A-3885. Part of a room decoration painted by order of Jan Baptist de Surmont, lord of Vlooswijk, for his house in Loenen aan de Vecht.
Jupiter, disguised as a shepherd, seduces Mnemosyne, goddess of memory
The court-martial on board the 'De Zeven Provinciën', the admiral ship of Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, June 10, 1666, prior to the four-day naval battle, episode from the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Several warships at sea, several sloops sail between the ships.
The court-martial on board the 'De Zeven Provinciën', the admiral ship of Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, June 10, 1666, prior to the four-day naval battle, episode from the Second English Naval War.
Court scene with a prince on the throne, surrounded by courtiers.
Court scene with a prince on the throne, surrounded by courtiers.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
Massachusetts law declares that peanuts may not be eaten in court.
  1. (n) Courting
    paying addresses to a woman, wooing;
  2. Courting
    (Spens.) attendance at court
Quotations
Dictum is what a court thinks but is afraid to decide.
Henry Waldorf Francis
Court... a place where they dispense with justice.
Arthur Train
Never wrestle with a strong man nor bring a rich man to court.
Latvian Proverb
Alexander Pope
I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers.
Alexander Pope
When you walk on a court, clear your mind of everything unrelated to the goal of playing the match as well as you can.
Stan Smith
Gabriela Sabatini
When I lose a match, I know that I lose on the court and not in life.
Gabriela Sabatini
Idioms

Ball is in your court - If the ball is in your court, it is up to you to make the next decision or step.

Kangaroo court - When people take the law into their own hands and form courts that are not legal, these are known as kangaroo court.

The ball's in your court - If somebody says this to you, they mean that it's up to you to decide or take the next step.

Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary O. Fr. cort (Fr. cour)—Low L. cortis, a courtyard—L. cors, cohors, an enclosure; akin to Gr. chortos, an enclosed place, L. hortus, a garden. See Yard.

Usage in the news

A conservative judge whose Supreme Court nomination was once famously derailed by Senate Democrats criticized Obama court pick Elena Kagan on Wednesday for her judicial " immaturity " and inexperience. msnbc.msn.com

We know it will be a struggle to instill trust and confidence in those courts, but for those of us here in America, where we continue to struggle to preserve the fairness and impartiality of our courts, we know the struggle is well worth it. nemonews.net

The Indiana Court of Appeals found a man's pro se motion to correct erroneous sentence was not the proper channel to challenge the imposition of court costs following his murder trial. theindianalawyer.com

A conservative judge whose Supreme Court nomination was once famously derailed by Senate Democrats criticized Obama court pick Elena Kagan on Wednesday for her judicial "immaturity" and inexperience . msnbc.msn.com

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is reviewing a lower court's decision finding a physician negligent for failing to inform a patient about a stroke test after diagnosing him with a condition marked by stroke-like symptoms. ama-assn.org

"The court finds it unlikely that plaintiff will prevail on its claim of infringement " at trial, Robinson wrote in a 25- page opinion in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware. businessweek.com

House lawmakers want to take by law a power the state Supreme Court reserves to the courts. roanoke.com

Court of Appeals No 11CA1398 City and County of Denver District Court No 10CV9800 Honorable Morris B Hoffman, Judge. cobar.org

As summarized in the previous ""Legally Speaking,"" many complaints have been filed in federal district courts around the country since the US Supreme Court's decision in Granholm v Heald. ohiotavernnews.com

MONTCALM COUNTY, Mich. Robert Michael Munsell was arraigned Monday afternoon in 64B District Court in Stanton before District Court Magistrate Richard Palmer. cheboygannews.com

Mason was scheduled for sentencing on a second-degree murder charge in Caddo District Court this morning, but his attorney was unable to be in court today. 710keel.com

3/10 Court: North Carolina Supreme Court Year of Decision: 2010. apa.org

Today, the Alaska Supreme Court reaffirmed a lower court's ruling on all counts against Joe Miller 's challenge of the November general election results of the US Senate race in Alaska. ktva.com

After more than a decade of First Amendment court battles, a cross stands again in the Mojave National Preserve, for the first time with the legal blessing of the US Supreme Court. pe.com

The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail into the food court at a northern Virginia mail stood silently and refused to answer any questions at an initial court appearance Friday. bdtonline.com

Usage in scientific papers

The Guard testifies something irrelevant while the court decides the pardons, and the court decides something irrelevant while the Guard testifies.
The temporal calculus of conditional objects and conditional events

FIG. 2: Flux µi for the network of citations between legal opinions of the US Supreme Court, plotted as a function of year of publication.
Random graph models for directed acyclic networks

Figure 2, for example, shows the measured flux as a function of time for the network of citations between legal decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States . A number of dips in the flux are visible in the figure (marked with dotted lines).
Random graph models for directed acyclic networks

FIG. 5: Comparison of empirical measurements (red) and analytic predictions (black) of fij for the two citation networks described in the text: preprints on high-energy physics (top) and cases of the United States Supreme Court (bottom).
Random graph models for directed acyclic networks

Urbach, Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach, second edition, (Open Court Publishing, La Salle, 1993).
Bayesian Conditioning, the Reflection Principle, and Quantum Decoherence

Usage in literature

Near the Court House the British were outflanked and the Americans gained the superior ground and so the battle was won. "The Loyalist" by James Francis Barrett

They had been quite forgotten, until Court de Gebelin, son of Antoine Court, discovered them. "The Huguenots in France" by Samuel Smiles

The whole court was to proceed in great magnificence to Lyons, to meet the court of Savoy. "Louis XIV., Makers of History Series" by John S. C. Abbott

He summoned the widow before a law court; but what did he gain thereby? "Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" by Hans Christian Andersen

It won't be Mouzon who will be the rake, but the Court, the Court of Appeal. "Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe" by Eugène Brieux

In this state things remained during the whole time the Court continued at Madrid. "The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII" by Various

High Bailiff of County Courts, Cardiff. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1" by Various

The Court withdraws for half an hour into the Court of Wards. "State Trials, Political and Social" by Various

One would think that thou hadst never been at court. "In Doublet and Hose" by Lucy Foster Madison

Had he not been as false to the Court of Versailles as to the Court of Vienna? "Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)" by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Usage in poetry
Up to the courts where angels dwell,
It mounts triumphant there;
Or devils plunge it down to hell,
In infinite despair.
Lord, let me not thy courts depart,
Nor quit thy mercy-seat,
Before I feel thee in my heart,
And there the Saviour meet.
Here in thy courts I leave my vow,
And thy rich grace record;
Witness, ye saints, who hear me now,
If I forsake the Lord.
When shall I see thy courts of grace,
And meet my God again?
So long an absence from thy face
My heart endures with pain.
But the twilight has departed,
And the moon is up on high;
Stranger, pass not, in thy journey,
Yon deserted court-yard by;
There is one Pilot that we need,
One who can safely steer,
One who at heaven's court can plead,
And all our journey cheer.