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An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs.

Courteous. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house. Burrill.

Same as Courtesy, an act of respect.

That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. W. Irving.

e of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport. Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. Shak. Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. Shak.

ed a length of ribbon. Tennyson. To dangle about or after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset. The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them, are well inclined to pull down the present establishment. Swift.

An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria.

a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. Cardinal dean, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. Shipley. -- Dean and chapter, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons…

Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant. Was never prince so meek and debonair. Spenser.

Courteously; elegantly.

The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy. Sterne.

A decree or sentence of a court. Stormonth.

determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give decision; as, the court decided in favor of the defendant. Who shall decide, when doctors disagree Pope.

mination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court.

self; -- often with for or against; as, victory declares against the allies. Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait, And then come smiling, and declare for fate. Dryden.

Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.

A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.

The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.

A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.