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from The Century Dictionary.
- To compel.
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Etymology Dictionary: the word "coward" comes from an Old French word coart (modern French couard), a combination of the word for "tail" and an agent noun suffix.
France following form Norfolk Blogger 2009
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Pleez tu sind yur coart bowncers to mayke dose guise hurry up wif yur dish!
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` ` I hae nae great objection to the prison, only that a body canna win out o't; and if it wad please you as weel, Bailie, I wad gie you my word to appear afore the Lords at the Circuit, or in ony other coart ye like, on ony day ye are pleased to appoint. ''
The Antiquary 1845
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A second or third coart darkens things up a bit more, but I like to be as minimalist as I can.
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The maverick walks along the Somali coart line, his face frozen in a pensive squint.
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Thefe fore of bonds are held good at law, and fo they are in eonicy unle fs an ill afe is attempted to be aoadeof them, in which cafe this coart will interfere.
Ecclesiastical Law 1797
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Here the Ar - on the W. coart, 12 miles SW. of Coienza. fnenians, Ahyirinians, and Jews, have their AmaNZIRIFDIN, a town of Arabia r«I'pe6live phcesof worfhip; andthr£ng - Felix.
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So though the coart will marshal the as - sets in fivour of a simple contract creditor and (generally speaking) in favoor of a legatee, yet where soch legatee is a pecuniary one, he will not be relieved, by being permitted to come in the place of the bond cre - ditors apon*the land in the hands of a devisee thereof.
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On a bill brought to set aside a will of a personal estate for fraud, the coart will deny an injunction.
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By Mr. Grosvenor of Ludlow, from the same commit - sauryofcieik tee, leave to withdraw, on the petition of Sumner D. coart* J?
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1785
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