COURTHOUSE

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings. [U.S.]

2.
n.

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.

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