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A public building housing courts of law.
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The public building where most American counties have their county offices.
Examples of courthouses in a Sentence
It's just that courthouses and judges and all that legal stuff have bum memories.
The latter have the management of county buildings, such as courthouses ar,d prisons, have power to lay out new main highways, to grant licences, and to apportion among the towns and cities the taxation necessary to meet county expenses.
The instruments are used in churches, courthouses and schools, among other official institutions.
Whether you're doing research online, getting help from local volunteers, or personally visiting graveyards and courthouses, searching for your ancestors has never been easier or more affordable.
Graveyards and courthouses can be valuable sources of information, as can church records and newspaper archives.
Other resources are available in printed form in courthouses and libraries.
Local sources for primary information include the deed room in county courthouses, the genealogy room in public libraries, cemeteries and tax offices.
Many courthouses have suffered at least one fire and no records exist before the date of the fire.