Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Court \Court\, n.

   {Court of claims} (Law), a court for settling claims against
      a state or government; specif., a court of the United
      States, created by act of Congress, and holding its
      sessions at Washington. It is given jurisdiction over
      claims on contracts against the government, and sometimes
      may advise the government as to its liabilities. Couveuse
\Cou`veuse"\, n. [F.] (Med.)
   An incubator for sickly infants, esp. those prematurely born.