Definition of "judgment-seat" []

• A seat or place of judgment; specifically, the seat or bench on which judges sit in court. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "“The name by which we are known in open air must not be pronounced in this subterranean judgment-seat.”"
• "According to one account, he was cut down by the swords of the soldiers before the very judgment-seat of Theodoric; according to another, a cord was first fastened round his forehead, and tightened till ‘his eyes started’; he was then killed with a club."
• "This remark did not protect art and thought from being condemned once again before the judgment-seat of trade."