Court - Government entity authorized to resolve legal disputes. Judges sometimes use "court" to refer to themselves in the third person, as in "the court has read the briefs."⏎
Counsel - Legal advice; a term also used to refer to the lawyers in a case.⏎
Claim - A creditor's assertion of a right to payment from a debtor or the debtor's property.⏎
Damages - Money that a defendant pays a plaintiff in a civil case if the plaintiff has won. Damages may be compensatory (for loss or injury) or punitive (to punish and deter future misconduct).⏎