courthouse

裁判所

裁判官が裁判を行う建物。

やさしい英語で： A building where judges hear legal cases.

• The trial is at the courthouse.
• Reporters waited on the courthouse steps.
• Two new courthouses opened in the city last year.

類義語： court building

よく使う表現： outside the courthouse, courthouse steps, local courthouse

郡庁舎

郡の主要な行政機関が入っている建物。

やさしい英語で： A building containing the main government offices of a county.

• The county clerk works at the courthouse.
• We collected our marriage license from the courthouse.
• The old courthouse holds records of local land ownership.

類義語： county administration building

よく使う表現： county courthouse, courthouse records, courthouse offices