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# courtroom

«courtroom» in Mova's school dictionary: **The room in a law court where trials and hearings take…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a courtroom, courtrooms)

### meaning for a pupil

The room in a law court where trials and hearings take place, with places for the judge, the jury, the lawyers, the person accused and the public. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtroom/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and law lessons, pupils learn who sits where in a courtroom: the judge (sometimes in a wig in the UK), the jury of twelve ordinary people, the defence and prosecution lawyers, witnesses giving evidence, and the defendant. Classes may hold mock trials in a pretend courtroom. TV and stories use «courtroom drama». In adult life children may hear about family courts deciding custody, which are usually private. Phrases: «in the courtroom», «courtroom drama», «a packed courtroom».

### examples

- The courtroom fell silent as the judge came in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtroom/#x1)
- Our class turned the hall into a courtroom for a mock trial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtroom/#x2)
- Everyone in the courtroom must stand when the judge enters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtroom/#x3)
- The witness sat nervously at the front of the courtroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtroom/#x4)
- My uncle loves courtroom dramas on TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtroom/#x5)
- Phones are not allowed in the courtroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtroom/#x6)
- The jury left the courtroom to decide on their verdict. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtroom/#x7)

### note

One word: courtroom (court + room). Countable. «Court» alone often means the same thing («in court»). Do not confuse a law court with a tennis or basketball court, or with a royal court.

### In the corpora

- [Then we jump to a courtroom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/8/)
- [Every night at eight o'clock Kai's house turned into a courtroom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «courtroom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courtroom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.