English term
court
"In spite of the professions of sincerest friendship found in the official correspondence of the English government with that of France, its conduct gives the lie to all its declarations, and shows us clearly that it is not a court to be trusted, but an insane court, plunging in all the quarrels and intrigues of Europe, in quest of a war to satisfy its folly and countenance its extravagance."
This paragraph is extracted from the book "The Rights of Man" by Thomas Paine. It was written in 1791 so maybe the language is different from the modern English. I guess the word has other meaning, which has nothing to do with legal field.
Please help me. Thank you in advance.
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Robert Forstag
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Responses
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
monarchy / kingdom / government
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Note added at 4 mins (2017-08-05 15:32:52 GMT)
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Specifically, "court" in these kinds of contexts refers to the king or queen, the royal family, and their entire entourage of advisors.
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Tony M
2 mins
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AllegroTrans
9 mins
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philgoddard
21 mins
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Jack Doughty
37 mins
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writeaway
4 hrs
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Rachel Fell
10 hrs
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Yvonne Gallagher
21 hrs
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Daryo
23 hrs
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acetran
3 days 9 hrs
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Discussion
http://www.ushistory.org/paine/rights/b1-pre2.htm
http://classiques.uqac.ca/classiques/paine_thomas/droits_de_...