A law court, A committee or board appointed to adjudicate in a particular matter, The seat of a magistrate or judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit to administer justice

A region or locality marked by a distinguishing feature, An administrative division of an area, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district, adjective_ obsolete Rigorous; stringent; harsh, transitive verb_ To mark off or divide into districts, verb_ regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns

a person who brings an action in a court of law, In law, the person who begins a suit before a tribunal for the recovery of a claim_ opposed to defendant, (Law) One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant