Courthouse /(kōrt"hous`)/

Court·house

Courthouse

n.
  1. A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings. [U.S.]
  2. A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States.
    Providence, the county town of Fairfax, is unknown by that name, and passes as Fairfax Court House.