noun
1.
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
2.
an area open to the sky and mostly or entirely surrounded by buildings, walls, etc.
3.
a high interior usually having a glass roof and surrounded by several stories of galleries or the like.
4.
Chiefly Irish. a stately dwelling.
5.
a short street.
6.
a smooth, level quadrangle on which to play tennis, basketball, etc.
7.
one of the divisions of such an area.