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courthouses

[kawrt-hous, kohrt-]

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noun, plural -hous·es

[-hou-ziz] .

1.

a building in which courts of law are held.

2.

a county seat.

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Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English; see court, house

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courthouse

late 15c., from court + house. In Virginia and the Upper South, it also can mean "county seat."

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