| accost | approach, make up to, pay court to |
| alleged | cited in court, proposed, offered |
| answer | interrogation, cross-examination, appearance in court, trial |
| attend | serve at court, wait on royalty |
| base-court | [of a castle] lower courtyard, servants' courtyard |
| bench | governing body, court of justice |
| carpet | for exploits ‘on the carpet’ [relating to the court, appropriate to a drawing room] not ‘in the field’ |
| cause | court case, legal action, matter before the court |
| consistory | ecclesiastical court |
| court | care, custody, minding |
| court | assembly, court occasion |
| court | pay court, play the suitor [to] |
| court holy-water | gracious but empty promises, courtly flattery |
| court of guard | guard-house, guard-room |
| court-cupboard | sideboard, cabinet |
| court-hand | legal style of handwriting |
| courtly | belonging to the court, connected with the court |
| courtship | court life, courtliness; also: wooing, courting |
| crier | officer who makes announcements in a court of law |
| empannel | enrol, oblige to appear in a court |
| fe, fe | Fie, fie, fie, fie, faith, it's very hot. I'm going to watch the great business at court' |
| follow | seek after, pursue, strive for, court |
| forthcoming | producable in court, available as evidence / as a witness |
| hazard | [royal tennis] opening in a court where a ball is unplayable [and thus a winning point is scored] |
| impannel | enrol, oblige to appear in a court |
| law | in court, with legal proceedings |
| leet | local court of justice, manorial court |
| minstrelsy | court singer |
| missing | absence, disappearance, non-attendance [at court] |
| monarcho | [pron: 'monahrkoh] vain hanger-on at court, pretentious absurdity |
| mute | dumb servant [as in a Turkish court] |
| odour | perfume, fragrance, scent |
| paritor | summoning officer for an ecclesiastical court |
| precept | writ, warrant, court order |
| premise | (plural) evidence, circumstances admitted in court |
| removedness | absence [from court], non-attendance |
| session, sessions | judicial assembly, trial, court |
| solicit | court, chase after, pursue |
| spare | be free [at court], not needed |
| Star-chamber | supreme court of justice |
| state | persons of rank, nobility, court, council of state |
| sue | pay court, act as a suitor |
| suit | court attendance, personal retinue |
| summoner | court-officer who ensures attendance |
| tipstaff | court officer |