court _noun

ADJECTIVES & NOUNS

criminal 
・The case will go to a criminal court.

civil 
・Family disputes are dealt with by civil courts.

Supreme 
・Thomas was the only African-American judge on the Supreme Court.

High
・Their convictions were overturned in the High Court.

federal
・A federal court reached a similar conclusion.

appeals 
・The appeals court rejected the defence’s argument.

Crown 
・He was found guilty of robbery with violence at Oxford Crown Court.

magistrates’ 
・The case was heard in a magistrates’ court.

kangaroo 
・Innocent civilians were dragged before a kangaroo court and sentenced to death.

higher, lower 
・His appeal was rejected by a higher court.

COURT + NOUN
case 
・He was involved in a famous court case.

battle
・He faces a lengthy court battle. 

hearing 
・A court hearing is scheduled for February 14th. 

order
・A court order specified that the money must be paid back over six months.

action
・They were threatened with court action if they did not go back to work. 

ruling
・The company appealed against the court ruling.

proceedings 
・The court proceedings were over in a day. 

appearance 
・He refused to speak during his court appearance.

VERBS 

go to
・The costs of going to court are very high.

take to 
・She took the company to court for sex discrimination.

bring to/before 
・He died before the case could be brought to court.
・The boys were brought before a magistrates’ court.

appear in
・The men will appear in court on Monday.

attend
・Several key witnesses failed to attend court.

come to/before
・The case came to court 21 months later.

COURT + VERB
clear, acquit
・A US court cleared him of bribery allegations.

convict
・A New York court convicted her as a tax cheat. 

order
・The court ordered that the men should be released.

hear
・The county court will hear the case next month. 

rule
・The court ruled that the penalty was not excessive.

adjourn
・The court adjourned until Tuesday.

overturn, quash
・A Brazilian court has quashed his sentence. 

dismiss, throw out
・The court dismissed his appeal against conviction. 

uphold
・It seems likely that the court will uphold his conviction.

PHRASES

a court of law
・You may be asked to give evidence before a court of law.

a court finds sb guilty/innocent
・The court found him guilty of all the charges.

settle sth out of court
・The matter was finally settled out of court.