A court is a tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes.

Court or courts may also refer to:

Institutions

  • Royal court, the retinue and larger household and entourage of a monarch, prince of the church, or a high nobleman

Places

  • Court, Saskatchewan, hamlet in Canada
  • Court, Switzerland, a municipality in the Canton of Berne
  • Court (Barry electoral ward), in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
  • Court (District Electoral Area), in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Court, any one of several places listed in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pasadena, California
  • Courts Island, Tasmania
  • Court Hotel, a bar and music venue in Perth, Western Australia
  • The Court, Charlton Mackrell, house in Somerset, England

People

  • Court (surname)

Architecture

  • Food court, a collection of retail outlets selling food ready to eat
  • Game court, a defined playing area with a prepared surface, for a game or sport, usually with solid boundaries
  • Basketball court, a playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end where the sport of basketball is played
  • Tennis court, the venue where the sport of tennis is played

Arts and entertainment

  • Court (2014 film), an Indian courtroom drama film
  • Court (2025 film), an Indian Telugu language legal drama film
  • The Court (TV series), a 2002 American legal drama television series
  • "The Court" (song), 2023 song by Peter Gabriel

Brands and enterprises

  • Court Line, a defunct frill-free charter airline
  • Courts (retailer), a furniture retailer in the Caribbean and Pacific, and formerly the United Kingdom

Other uses

  • Court, a social group of animals, notably kangaroos
  • Court, a verb meaning to seek the affections of another, see courtship
  • Cul-de-sac, a dead-end street with a circular turnaround area for vehicles to turn around and exit back the way they came in