courthouse

A noun referring to a building that houses judicial courts or the administrative offices of a county government.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa o edifício onde funcionam os órgãos do Poder Judiciário ou onde se realizam julgamentos; nos Estados Unidos, também designa o edifício que abriga repartições administrativas do governo de um condado.

1. Government administration building B1 formal american

   A building that serves as the main administrative center for a county or local government, housing various official offices.

   • She went to the courthouse to renew her driver's license.
   • The county clerk's office is located on the first floor of the courthouse.
   • Property records are kept at the local courthouse.

   🇵🇹Paço municipal

2. Judicial court building B1 formal legal

   A building where legal trials and court proceedings are held.

   • The trial will take place at the downtown courthouse.
   • Protesters gathered outside the courthouse during the hearing.
   • The judge entered the courthouse through a private entrance.

   🇵🇹Fórum

• courthouses plural form
• courthouses' possessive plural form
• courthouse's possessive singular form