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Courthouse   /kˈɔrthˌaʊs/   Listen
Courthouse

noun
1.
A government building that houses the offices of a county government.
2.
A building that houses judicial courts.



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... county-seat of Apache County, created in 1879, the first court session held in the home of Wm. J. Flake. At the fall election, the courthouse was moved to St. Johns. In 1880, by the vote of Clifton, which then was within Apache County, Springerville was made the county seat. In 1882, St. Johns finally was chosen the seat of ...
— Mormon Settlement in Arizona • James H. McClintock
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... and the country people was already beginning to come in, in all kinds of old shackly wagons, and on horses. The circus would leave before night, so our show would have a pretty good chance. The duke he hired the courthouse, and we went around and stuck up our bills. They read ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
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... he was sitting with some friends in front of the courthouse in his town, talking and sunning himself, when a neighbor came running ...
— Twelve Men • Theodore Dreiser
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... citizens to support the government in every possible way, and our Governor has called, for meetings in each county to plan preparedness in every occupation. "Resolved, That we, the citizens of Marion county, assembled in meetings at the courthouse do loyally pledge ...
— The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki - Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 • Joel R. Moore
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... minutes Kirkpatrick brought together those who had accompanied him and his companions to the town, and they at once moved against the courthouse. The news of Bruce's arrival and of the fray with the Comyns had already reached the justiciaries, and with their retainers and friends they had made hasty preparations for defence; but seeing that Bruce's followers outnumbered them, ...
— In Freedom's Cause • G. A. Henty
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