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The [[word]] comes from the French cour, an enclosed yard, which derives from the [[Latin]] form cortem, the accusative case of cohors, which again means an enclosed yard or the occupants of such a yard (from hortus = garden). The [[meaning]] of a judicial assembly is first attested in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century], and derives from the earlier usage to designate a [[sovereign]] and his entourage, which met to [[adjudicate]] disputes in such an enclosed yard. The verb "to court", [[meaning]] to win favor, derives from the same source since people traveled to the sovereign's court to win his favor.

The [[word]] comes from the French cour, an enclosed yard, which derives from the [[Latin]] form cortem, the accusative case of cohors, which again means an enclosed yard or the occupants of such a yard (from hortus = garden). The [[meaning]] of a judicial assembly is first attested in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century], and derives from the earlier usage to designate a [[sovereign]] and his entourage, which met to [[adjudicate]] disputes in such an enclosed yard. The verb "to court", [[meaning]] to win favor, derives from the same source since people traveled to the sovereign's court to win his favor.

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a : the [[Home|residence]] or establishment of a [[sovereign]] or similar dignitary  

*1 a : the [[Home|residence]] or establishment of a [[sovereign]] or similar dignitary