'Court' in the Bible

For when, with your opponent, you are going before the magistrate, on the way take pains to get out of his power; for fear that, if he should drag you before the judge, the judge may hand you over to the officer of the court, and the officer lodge you in prison.

And when they had lighted a fire in the middle of the court and had seated themselves in a group round it, Peter was sitting among them,