10 sentences with 'courts'
Example sentences and phrases with the word courts and other words derived from it.
• « However, the Swiss courts dismissed the criminal action against the developer on the grounds that Egger did not represent the investors. »
• « Under Pericles, there were some 1,500 officials who managed the taxes of the league cities, ran the courts and administrative bodies, and administered the League's activities. »
• « Thus, the Sophists were in the business of educating Greeks to be more successful, especially in the courts and in public assemblies. »
• « Plato claimed that politics and ethics were also like this, with the Form of Justice replacing "real" laws and courts, but existing in the intellectual realm as something for philosophers to contemplate. »
• « Henry II (r. 1154 - 1189) created a system of royal sheriffs to enforce his will, created circuit courts that travelled the lands hearing cases, and created a grand jury system that allowed people to be tried by their peers. »
• « Between the 15th and 17th centuries a number of intellectuals in universities, churches and aristocratic courts and salons wrote numerous essays and books questioning whether women were naturally immoral, weak and foolish or whether, on the contrary, education and environment could lead to intelligence and morality comparable to that of men. »
• « While Machiavelli's The Prince was a practical guide for rulers, The Courtier was a guide for nobles, wealthy merchants, high-ranking members of the Church, and other social elites who served and schemed in the princely courts: the courtiers. »
• « Nobles had their own courts, were judged by their peers and were treated more humanely than commoners. »
• « Its 1000 golf courses and numerous tennis courts are just part of its limitless recreational attractions. »