court of honour
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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If Mador demanded the Court of Honour, he must have it.
From Literature
His son, who had been bred in the Inns of Court, and was resident in Hampshire, presuming, upon the strength of his pedigree, to take precedence of some of his neighbours, they instigated Lord Delawarr to prosecute him in the Court of Honour.
From Project Gutenberg
I had to cross several courts before I arrived at the court of honour, which was square like the others, and had halls on each side.
From Project Gutenberg
We found ourselves in a square yard, a kind of court of honour, with avenues of trees many centuries old, giants and monsters in stone, and canals fenced in with marble balustrades and arched by bridges.
From Project Gutenberg
An appeal lies from this to a second court of honour, consisting of the president, three judges of the Reichsgericht and of three lawyers admitted to practice before that court.
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