courthouse
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Noun (2)
- a government building that houses the offices of a county governmentType of government building
- a building that houses judicial courtsType of houseParts court, courtroom
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Court′house′ (kōrt′hous′), noun
1. A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings. U.S.
2. A county town; — so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States.
Providence, the county town of Fairfax, is unknown by that name, and passes as Fairfax Court House.— Barlett.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54