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Webster 1913 Edition
Courthouse
Court′houseˊ
(kōrt′housˊ)
, 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.