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Book 4. (5 results) Nomads of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
7	7	But I did not enter the wagon, for Kutaituchik held his court outside the wagon, in the open air, on the flat-topped grassy hill.
10	211	It might be mentioned, incidentally, that without the Courage Scar one may not, among the Tuchuks, pay court to a free woman, own a wagon, or own more than five bosk and three kaiila.
27	3	On the last day before the withdrawal of the Wagon Peoples from nine-gated, high-walled Turia, Kamchak held court in the palace of Phanius Turmus.
27	44	It was only at that time, as he held court in the palace of Phanius Turmus, that I realized he would permit the city its freedom, and its soul.
27	136	None remained now in the court of the Ubar other than Kamchak and Aphris, Harold and Hereena, and myself and Elizabeth Cardwell.

Book 5. (22 results) Assassin of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
24	1	The court of the Ubar In the Central Cylinder of Ar, that in which the Ubar has his palace and holds his court, in a room assigned to me, I drew upon my body the tunic of a Warrior.
22	376	I noted, to my surprise, that the padding on the rings had been removed by attendants, and replaced with bladelike edges, used not in races but in exhibitions of daring riding, stunts in effect, in which riders appear to court death at the rings.
24	87	"Come," said he, "let us go to the court of the Ubar".
24	89	"The Ubar," I said, "may hold his court without me.
24	102	"Accompany me to the court of my Ubar".
24	155	I gathered their influence in Ar was at an end, at least in the court of the Ubar.
24	159	I then stood to one side, Hup at my side, to behold the doings of the Ubar's court.
24	169	At one point, to the shouts and delight of the men of the Ubar some two or three hundred girls were ushered quickly into the room of the court.
24	231	I saw Flaminius briefly in the room of the court.
24	247	The one double tarn remaining from the victory gold I pressed into the hands of blind Qualius, the Player, who stood at the court of the Ubar, having been, like Hup, of the party of Marlenus.
24	255	In the room of the Ubar's court, I briefly saw Nela, who had been of the baths, and several of the other girls.
24	262	I was now ready to leave the room of the Ubar's court.
24	270	Through corridor after corridor I walked, retracing the steps which had taken me from my compartment to the court of the Ubar.
24	284	I had untied only a bit of the knot when I leaped to my feet with a cry and turned, running as though demented, crying out, down the corridors once more to the court of the Ubar.
24	288	But I ran, and ran, and did not stop until I burst again into the court of the Ubar.
24	335	He carried her from the court of the Ubar, she lying against him, weeping with happiness.
24	336	There were cheers in the court of the Ubar.
24	366	There was a great cheer in the court of the Ubar.
24	379	"I hate you, you beast, you big beast!" Amidst the laughter of the court of the Ubar Ho-Sorl carried his prize from the chamber, the lovely, squirming slave girl, Miss Phyllis Robertson.
24	401	There were shouts of astonishment in the court.
24	409	There was silence in the court of the Ubar.
24	416	I turned, the room seeming to swirl about me, black and startling, and, scarcely feeling the tiles beneath my feet, departed from the court of the Ubar.

Book 6. (2 results) Raiders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
8	404	I would hold court.
13	46	Several of the others in the court laughed as well.

Book 7. (1 results) Captive of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
14	444	Others, with a psychological subtlety perhaps surprising in a primitive culture, recognize that a girl may covet the collar, and will thus court it, for example, walking at night on high bridges, frequenting certain areas of the city after dark, taking unnecessary journeys, and such.

Book 8. (4 results) Hunters of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
9	319	Together, in our curule chairs, raised above those of others, we might in the house of Bosk have held court.
11	326	"I am free!" Officers of the court, by order of the magistrate, removed her garments.
11	328	When her last garment had been torn away, there was applause in the court.
22	447	If found guilty in the court of the arsenal, the male thief would be sentenced, for a week to a year, to hard labor in the arsenal or on the wharves; the female thief would be sentenced to service, for a week to a year, in a straw-strewn cell in one of Port Kar's penal brothels.

Book 9. (2 results) Marauders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
21	210	He is now again in the court of Chenbar, much chastened, but serving again as laureate and advisor.
21	212	Much amusement on account of it is taken at his expense by his fellows of the court.

Book 10. (9 results) Tribesmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
6	20	The testimony of slaves, in a Gorean court, is commonly taken under torture.
6	37	"It was he! He! It was he, as you, my Master, have informed the court".
6	43	There were angry murmurs from the men assembled in the court.
7	319	Neither was any longer of interest to the court.
7	320	They would wait there, thusly secured, slaves, until the court had finished its business, after which they would be returned to the custody of their master, Ibn Saran, or his factors or agents.
7	581	And how pleased she was to give her testimony in the court, confirming that you would be sent slave to the pits of Klima.
14	290	"You remember, perhaps," said Hamid, looking up, "the delicious slave, Vella, whom the Kurii found of much use, who testified against you in the court at Nine Wells, who, by her false testimony, assisted in having you sent to the pits of Klima?" "I recall the slave," I said.
26	106	"That one," he had said, sitting in court, in the audience chamber of what had been the kasbah of Ibn Saran, indicating the silken fellow who had worn the ruby necklace, who had tried to betray us to the guards of Tarna, "that one sell in Tor—sell him to a woman".
26	211	Haroun, sitting in court, in what had been the audience room of the kasbah of Ibn Saran, had invited T'Zshal, and his lances, to join his service.

Book 11. (3 results) Slave Girl of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
18	3	It is built on four levels, a large, open court, wooden floored, an encircling dais, some twenty feet deep, and, over the dais, two encircling balconies, each some ten feet deep.
18	123	It was done in this manner, to satisfy the desires of the free woman; to the astonishment of all in the court, when the chained slave girl crept on her knees, head down, to render gratitude to the free woman, the free woman had knelt beside her and kissed her, and then turned away.
24	102	The slave, accordingly, has little inclination to enter a Gorean court.

Book 12. (2 results) Beasts of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
1	169	She had smiled at me when in a court at Nine Wells she had testified falsely against me.
5	149	Then I stepped across the narrow court before the house of Samos and down into the waiting longboat.

Book 13. (30 results) Explorers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
4	393	I saw her with several other girls, behind the rear court of the Silver Collar.
6	83	The inland language, or, better, one of its dialects, is, of course, the language of the court of Bila Huruma, Shaba's patron and supporter.
16	46	Happily, for me, he could also speak the tongue of the court of Bila Huruma.
16	111	This must generate discontent in his court.
17	39	"Bila Huruma, this very morning," said he, "holds court.
17	48	"But what do you have further in mind?" "Shaba, as one close to Bila Huruma, will be present in the court," he said.
18	1	What Occurred When court Was Held in the Palace of Grass; I Meet Bila Huruma; A New Plan Must be Formed "Do you have the dagger?" whispered Msaliti to me.
18	4	There were more than two hundred individuals in the great court, both men and women, of high station, and certain commoners with causes to plead.
18	13	The opulence and color of the court of Bila Huruma was quite impressive.
18	15	There were various racial types represented in the court, almost all black.
18	22	When I entered the court Bila Huruma had just finished accepting the reports of his officers on the battle with the forces of Kisu.
18	38	Why does the nibbling urt chatter and laugh at the larl? Is it because he himself is not a larl, or is it because he fears its paw? I looked up at the high, conical ceiling, of interwoven branches and grass, of the court of Bila Huruma.
18	65	The fellow was dragged screaming from the court.
18	100	He then ordered that the man be put in the dress of a woman and beaten from the court with sticks.
18	129	Kisu was dragged, struggling, from the court.
18	175	Shortly after the business with the envoy of Bazi the court of Bila Huruma was adjourned.
18	180	Msaliti and I were then alone in the great, conical-roofed court.
18	181	I sheathed the sleeve dagger which, after the adjournment of the court, the askari had returned to me.
18	229	"If I should fail," said he, "it would mean the end of my position at the court".
19	112	Too, of course, if it were thought I were the assassin, investigative scrutiny would then be directed away from the court rather than within it.
23	47	I had little doubt but what these garments had been gifts to him from the court of Bila Huruma.
23	48	Bila Huruma himself, of course, in spite of the cosmopolitan nature of his court, usually wore the skins, and the gold and feathers, of the askari.
23	139	If you do not wish to remain barren and lonely in your court you will learn to compete with them.
23	190	"Can you understand me?" he asked, speaking in the dialect of the court of Bila Huruma.
23	196	I had little doubt but what, between his Gorean and my understanding of the Ushindi dialect spoken at the court of Bila Huruma, we could communicate.
35	96	She had sought to have a woman's vengeance on me, rendering false testimony in a court, in virtue of which I had been condemned to the brine pits of Klima.
52	98	"You saw him once in your court, kneeling before you in chains.
52	173	The voice came from the height of the stairs behind me, and to my left, that leading to a higher level in the building, an open court, which lay above us.
53	19	While the rest of our two parties, including Bila Huruma, had waited within the threshold, I was conducted across the broad stone court to its center, where, on a huge stone couch, of ancient design, lay Shaba.
57	40	When I had returned to Schendi I had borne with me notes from the court of Bila Huruma.

Book 14. (2 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
13	199	Not unoften, inside, there is an open court, with awnings at the sides, under which goods are displayed.
13	200	There was, in the shop of Philebus, such a court at the back, whence goods might be taken to be viewed in natural light, should the customer wish.

Book 15. (4 results) Rogue of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
24	400	Beyond this, of course, we knew we were, categorically and absolutely, legal slaves, lovely properties which might be bartered and sold, and who might figure in transactions which would be upheld in any court of law.
32	2	Kliomenes reclined in the curule chair of Policrates, holding his court.
32	19	"Kliomenes is holding court," he grinned.
33	92	"I learned these things in the court of Kliomenes," I said.

Book 16. (2 results) Guardsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
8	133	I had learned this in the court of Kliomenes, in the holding of Policrates.
20	608	How many have seen their legs? Has he, the brute, or he, the monster, or he, a mere, idle, casual appraiser of her limbs, or who? And not unoften, it seems, if only to conceal their shame, they begin, as it is said, "to court the collar".

Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
1	1282	"In a case of this sort, evidence against the court is inadmissible," said Kog.

Book 18. (11 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
1	477	Many of them would have been much pleased had Hci, such a splendid warrior, deigned to pay them court.
7	569	"If you wish to court Iwoso," said Bloketu, "you may come to the lodge tonight and sit outside, cross-legged, playing the love flute.
7	677	"Perhaps, Iwoso," said Bloketu, "I will let Hci court you".
7	701	"If you want her," said Bloketu, angrily, "you must court her properly".
7	702	"I do not court Yellow-Knife women," said Hci.
7	706	"Do not let him court me," begged Iwoso.
7	707	"I might let him court you," said Bloketu.
7	713	"I would rather," said Iwoso, "that you did not permit him to court me at all".
7	721	"Please do not let him court me," begged Iwoso.
7	741	"If you permit Hci to court me," begged Iwoso, "please do not have me accept his suit".
40	655	You could be returned to a master as such in a court of law.

Book 19. (6 results) Kajira of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
4	17	I had even, the day before yesterday, held court, though, to be sure, the cases were minor.
4	48	In my audiences, and public appearances, for example, and even in the court, I appeared without the veils common to the Gorean free woman.
4	371	Too, I had not been challenged in the matter in my audiences, my public appearances, or even in court.
24	13	For example, a free woman, sentenced to slavery for, say, crimes or debts, may find herself, once enslaved, by direction of the court, sold for a pittance into such a slavery.
33	227	"If she is to be tortured, it will be at my will and not that of a court.
33	373	That woman is not the Tatrix! She sat upon the throne! She appeared in public as the Tatrix! She sat in court as the Tatrix! She conducted business as the Tatrix! She was known as the Tatrix! But she was not the Tatrix!" "Let us not ignore the evidence," said Miles of Argentum.

Book 20. (4 results) Players of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
1	43	Sullius Maximus was now a despised and minor courtier at the court of Chenbar of Kasra, Ubar of Tyros, the Sea Sleen.
1	258	Any court on Gor would have upheld this.
15	68	Now all changes! Now, fool, you will be the reason not only for my restoration to privilege and station in Brundisium, the reason for my new rise to favor in the court, in the eyes of Belnar, my Ubar, but the cause, as well, of my attaining there, in the palace and in the service of my...
16	994	Let him rather be driven from the hall with the blows of belts like a naked slave for his presumption!" "Would the court not find such a contest amusing?" inquired Belnar.

Book 21. (3 results) Mercenaries of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
1	34	"Answer mine!" "Do not court an alteration in your condition, unless you are prepared to accept it, in its full consequences," I said.
21	199	"It is a court day?" I asked.
24	16	We had entered and followed him through the gardened courtyard, with its fountains, and, on the other side of the court, across the shaded portico and into the recesses of the house.

Book 22. (5 results) Dancer of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
6	56	I was now outside, probably in a walled court.
14	54	I did have the liberty, at certain times, of walking in, and exercising in, a small, enclosed back court of the tavern.
17	104	The public buildings, the law court and the "house of the Administrator," the locus of public offices, were similarly structured and adorned.
25	238	Where was lazy Tela? If she wanted to court the wrist rings and chains, to be fastened on her knees to the center post of the tent, and whipped, that was her business, not mine! To be sure, this was not like Tela.
34	256	It is white, with a small court, and stuccoed walls.

Book 23. (15 results) Renegades of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
2	1	The court; Chained Women "You are not a female," said the voice from behind the door, a small, narrow door cut in the left panel of the gate, the eyes peering out from a small sliding hatch in the door.
2	179	I looked out through the door, into the court of the inn.
2	186	The flooring of the court was formed largely, leveled and carved, from the natural stone of the plateau.
2	191	Water was running from the long roof of the two-part structure, perhaps two hundred feet in length, falling some thirty or forty feet down to the court.
2	196	I then picked up the pack and went out again, pulling my cloak over my head, to cross the court, in the cold rain.
2	198	I hurried across the court to the side of the nearest part of the two-part structure.
2	244	In a flash of lightning the entire wall and court was illuminated.
2	342	"Have other free women entered the court, since you have been fastened here?" I asked the first woman, the Lady Amina of Venna.
2	472	Now, however, they were chained to a log wall in an inn's court.
5	109	They are now in the court, chained naked to rings.
5	180	Five of us were taken outside somewhere, and from what you say, I take it, chained in the court.
8	568	There was the sound of some commotion coming from the vicinity of the court.
8	754	In the first pass I hovered the bird for a time, some fifty yards over a portion of the court on the top of the palisaded plateau, one rather behind and to the left of the main inn buildings, as one would face them, entering.
8	772	As I briefly hovered there, over the court, I could see, too, partly to my irritation, and partly to my amusement, to one side, some additional evidence of the business acumen of the keeper.
17	86	I saw one of Ar's Station run through, and slip to one knee, and then disappear back, over the interior edge of the walkway, probably to plunge to the rubble there, and then roll down to the court, behind the wall.

Book 24. (7 results) Vagabonds of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
1	836	Too, not unoften, on one level or another, they begin to grow careless of their security and safety; they begin, in one way or another, to court the collar.
14	77	"Do you fear court-martial?" I asked.
16	101	"Do you pursue your course because you fear, otherwise, court-martial, or disgrace, or shame?" "No," he said.
27	174	"If she were to fall into our hands, here in the delta, it would be a court-martial for her".
27	289	"He spoke of a court-martial for you, here in the delta," I said.
47	62	On the other hand, your more powerful fellows, I suppose, would not wish to risk the results of your testimony being taken in court".
47	197	If it is often difficult even in a Ubar's court, perhaps because of the shadings and distortions of reports from subsidiary cities and towns, to ascertain exactly what happened, one may well imagine the problems encountered by the populace in general, in the markets, the baths and tave...

Book 25. (18 results) Magicians of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
22	713	How exciting she had been on Tarn court! How beautiful she had been on Tarn court! I had been tempted to rush forth and seize her, putting her to my pleasure, I owning her.
7	78	He would perhaps rather be sent to the palace of Lurius of Jad, in Telnus, to be kept there for the amusement of Lurius and his court, as a caged buffoon.
7	372	Perhaps he would eventually adorn the court of Lurius of Jad, as a chained fool.
8	83	Sometimes a girl will court the whip, and even provoke a lashing, just to reassure herself that her master is truly her master.
8	140	"The wall seems very bare there," said Marcus, as we passed a public edifice, a court building.
22	134	In a few Ehn, on Aulus, in the vicinity of Tarn court, I saw one of the free men accompanying the palanquin hurry forward to stay the fellow with his two companions.
22	252	"It is my recommendation," I said to Lavinia, "that you route yourself about and rendezvous with our quarry on Tarn court, underneath the bowers.
22	319	It had been all right for her to carry it in her hand, I had thought, when we had hoped that she would be able to deliver it almost immediately, say, behind the theater, but it seemed now she would have to wait a little, say, until our quarry reached Tarn court, which, if I had anythin...
22	427	I did not think it would take them long to reach Tarn court.
22	454	As Lavinia was cognizant of the usual itinerary of the fellow from the theater to the house of Appanius and she had gone about to Tarn court, on the way, and was presumably stationed there, to the east, under the bowers, I took a similar route, rapidly striding.
22	457	In a few Ehn I was on Tarn court, following the fellow and his companions.
22	459	Tarn court is a wide street, or, at least, wide for a city street on Gor.
22	475	I was about fifty yards behind the group of three fellows, who were sauntering east on Tarn court.
22	594	"Yes, Master!" she said, and scrambled to her feet, not at all gracefully, in her haste, and raced past me, going west on Tarn court.
22	646	They then again took their way east on Tarn court and, in a bit, once beyond the trelliswork, went to the right side of the street, which now, given the lateness of the afternoon sun, was the shady side.
22	665	I now went west on Tarn court.
22	682	She had thus wept even after leaving Tarn court, probably while hurrying along.
27	855	Most, seeing you participate in state ceremonies, holding court, opening games, and such, will think you are truly the Ubara.

Book 26. (30 results) Witness of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
29	32	I did not doubt but what one set was papers of the court, stamped with the sign of the court, and certified with the signature of a praetor's officer, if not the praetor himself.
28	4	He was, as I understood it, an officer in the business court, that under the jurisdiction of the commercial praetor, subject, ultimately, to the high council.
28	6	There were also, in the lofty, circular, sunlit room, the light coming through high, narrow windows, dust motes visible within it, two guards of the court.
28	16	Within the entrance to the court the Lady Constanzia had been freed of the leash and bracelets.
28	24	To the left of the praetor's officer, to our right, as we faced him, below him, on the floor level, on a bench, behind a table, was a court's clerk.
28	29	He then addressed himself to the court's clerk.
28	47	"The court of the commercial praetor of the high city of Treve," said the praetor's officer, "accepts the prisoner as the Lady Constanzia of Besnit".
28	49	"You are now within the custody of the court of the commercial praetor of Treve," said the officer.
28	143	The clerk nodded, and, lifting his hand, summoned the guards of the court.
29	1	I knelt to one side, and back, in shadows, inconspicuously by the wall, in the circular chamber of the court of the commercial praetor.
29	4	The pit master, two guards, and I, I heeling the second guard, had returned to the court but a few moments ago.
29	8	What business was now to be done could be handled by the clerk, and diverse minions, of the court.
29	27	The tenth sounding of the bar still lingered over the city when a side door in the chamber opened and the court's clerk, with a folder and papers, entered.
29	39	The court's clerk then went to the side portal.
29	41	A guard of the court entered, leading a small female figure on a rope.
29	55	Behind the small female figure, rather in the background, was a second guard of the court.
29	70	"The slave," said the court's clerk.
29	112	My knees were slightly spread, enough to show that I was a pleasure slave, but were closely enough placed to accord with the decorum of the praetor's court.
29	119	As soon as the identification collar was in place, the guard of the court removed the holding collar.
29	186	He then walked across the scarlet circle, past the kneeling slave, and handed the papers to Henry, who took them, and put them within his robes, as he had his copy of the earlier papers, the court papers.
29	208	The clerk then, followed by the two guards of the court, withdrew.
29	378	"I should put you to my pleasure now," he cried, "and in the manner you deserve, with ruthless authority, on the very tiles of the court!" But he did not seize her.
29	595	"The court must conduct further business".
29	775	The two court guards then entered, conducting, between them, a woman in the robes of concealment, fully veiled.
29	833	She tried to back away, but was prevented from doing so by one of the court's guards.
29	836	"Steady her," he said to the court guard behind her, and that guard then grasped her by the upper arms.
29	839	"Yes," said the court guard holding the woman from behind.
29	842	"I would think so," said the other court guard.
29	856	"I wonder if she is pretty," said one of the court guards.
29	914	The clerk with the court guards then withdrew, exiting through the same portal by means of which they had entered the chamber.

Book 27. (3 results) Prize of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
23	177	Ellen then began to grasp how easily a woman of Earth, and with so little awareness, thinking herself superior and safe, might court the collar of a slave.
24	490	Going about so brazenly, is it not their intention to offer themselves for the scrutiny of slavers; is it not a way to court the collar, to beg for it? Certainly Gorean slavers on Earth are grateful for the custom, as it considerably facilitates their assessment of the slave wares of E...
30	502	First, some free women, disconsolate and lonely, unhappy, miserable, deprived of sex, starved for love, distressed with the numerous circumscriptions and constraints which confine them, realizing the boredom, the emptiness, of their lives, "court the collar".

Book 28. (2 results) Kur of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
20	119	To the Kur it is the highest court, and her judgments are nonrepudiable.
79	554	"A considerable alteration in their circumstances," she said, "from the luxury of a court to the exposure of the auction block".

Book 29. (2 results) Swordsmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
5	757	I recalled that several women had been brought publicly, on various days, before the judgment of Talena, in her open-air court on the platform near the Central Cylinder.
10	367	This was not unlike a practice in the court of some Ubars, when a certain form of gift, or tribute, is being presented.

Book 30. (14 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
3	218	In a Gorean court the testimony of slaves is commonly taken under torture.
5	138	"I see no judge here, no court," I said.
5	139	"This is the court," said Seremides, "and I am the judge".
7	48	But did they not court the collar? Do they not now find their fulfillment in the chains they wished to wear? But women, free or slave, are seldom allowed on the long ships, the ships of war.
12	503	Indeed, as you know, in a court of law, the testimony of slaves is commonly taken under torture.
28	89	One does not, if wise, arouse suspicion, and court a knife in the darkness.
36	114	"My men," said the captain, "went to the court of Assassins in Brundisium.
36	121	"No," said the captain, "at least not those of the court of Brundisium, unless more coin is put forth.
36	127	They are no longer of the court".
36	130	"In any event," said the captain, "my men, amongst whom is Tatsu, perhaps known to Callias, for he was on the great ship, arranged certain matters with the court of Assassins".
36	306	The two members of the Black court of Brundisium regarded one another.
36	310	More than one man breathed then more easily, for those of the Black court no longer wore the dagger.
36	356	"If there is a concern here," said a man, "it is to be taken up as a matter between you and the Black court".
36	358	The business of the Black court was not one in which men lightly dabbled.

Book 31. (3 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
8	979	How then, I wondered, could it be that the former Lady Persinna was even now on that simple cement platform, before buyers? "You know her sycophancy," said the auctioneer, "her privileges, her position in the court of the hated Talena, false Ubara! You know the favors she received, the...
10	868	The usual ensuance in such matters is that the conquered Ubara will be marched naked in the triumph, chained to the stirrup of the victor's tharlarion or kaiila, after which she, and the women of her court, similarly paraded, will serve naked at the victory feast, during which they wil...
35	25	I did know that testimony from a slave, at least in a court of law, is commonly taken under torture.

Book 32. (6 results) Smugglers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
15	165	It was, of course, a powerful caste, given its wealth, and even Ubars might court its favor.
15	690	On the other hand, many, it is said, "court the collar," and it seems to be the case that "tree captures," in their hundreds or thousands, as in the wars, the raids of slavers, the seizures of caravans, the depredations of pirates, the fall of cities, and such, once collared, once owne...
17	113	Why then do free men court the free woman and buy the slave? Why do they yield their place in the theaters and concert halls to the free woman, and drag the slave by the hair to a tavern's alcove? When the free woman is courted, she may be uncertain if it is she, or her w...
17	120	And why do some of them join small caravans, and risk dangerous journeys to far places, or wander dark, unguarded streets, or stroll the high bridges alone, in the bright moonlight? Are they so smug, so sure of themselves, that they do not understand the perils of such things? Do they court
40	28	A cofifle of a hundred naked, neck-chained beauties from the Polluted World might be marched openly between cities, whereas a small communication device, or a weapon small enough to be held in one hand, capable of emitting small metal projectiles, would court the conflagration of the F...
46	115	An exception is when her testimony is to be taken in a court of law.

Book 33. (9 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
17	1	The Archery court "Lord Yamada," I said, "cares to speak with me?" I had been conducted by an Ashigaru to the shogun's archery court.
6	94	"It is interesting," said Lord Nishida, "that the great lord would send noble Tyrtaios, who served us well in Brundisium, and in the forests, and who accompanied us on the great ship, and who stood at our side in the holding, as an emissary to our court".
17	174	"These arrangements," I said, "need not have been imparted to me in an archery court".
17	210	With a blast of dust, and a snapping of wings, Tyrtaios brought the tarn down some forty or fifty paces away, at the far end, to the right of the archery court.
47	237	He then advanced to a marker farther down the court, which would be not forty, but thirty, paces from the target.
59	20	Better an open court, on an overcast day, where one need not be concerned with the glare of the sun.
59	23	Lord Yamada sat cross-legged on the dais, richly and formally robed, as though holding court, as though he might be expecting a loyal daimyo or some petitioning ambassador, and not vengeful, deadly enemies, perhaps hundreds, to appear before him.
61	1012	This man, Daichi, was his court reader of bones and shells".
61	1187	"Perhaps," I said, "I will convey you to Ar, to the mercy of Marlenus, and that of the court torturers".

Book 34. (30 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
26	108	This was the first time, since my arrival at the black court, that I had been allowed outside the court.
26	169	On the other hand, court slaves, when sent forth from the court, were commonly tunicked nondescriptly and opaquely, and put in a collar that did bear a legend.
26	170	That legend, I was informed, would return me to an address unlikely to be recognized as having anything to do with the black court, from which address I would then be, in due time, returned to the court.
30	150	It would have me returned to one address, not obviously connected to the black court, from which address I would then be remanded to the black court".
24	155	"Where am I?" "You are in the Black court of Brundisium," he said.
25	45	Before he had taken his position, one of the men had said, "We are honored that you appear in our court".
25	72	"This place," I said, "is the Black court of Brundisium".
25	74	"But what," I asked, "is the Black court of Brundisium?" "You are, indeed, a naive barbarian," he said.
26	1	It may be useful to speak briefly of the nature of a black court.
26	3	A black court, I gather, is named for the color of the caste of Assassins, which is black.
26	42	In my time in the black court I occasionally witnessed the admission of clients who sought the services of the "dark sword".
26	44	As is understandable, certain individuals would not wish to be noticed entering the precincts of the court.
26	45	Slaves were not privy to such interviews, either within or outside the court.
26	47	For example, there were no free women in the black court.
26	71	Much in the black court is secret.
26	75	I was some days in the black court.
26	76	My master, for I was not owned by the court, frequently occupied himself in the city, I think in the vicinity of the wharves, presumably waiting for, or searching for, the mysterious shipment that was supposed to arrive at Brundisium, claimedly deriving from a "steel world".
26	78	In the meantime I was kept busy in the court, cleaning, scrubbing, laundering, assisting in the kitchen, and serving at the common meals.
26	89	I will recount an anecdote, or two, which, in their way, might shed some light on the nature of a black court.
26	90	First, let it be understood that the edifice that houses the black court is not large, but it does have a formidable, menacing aspect.
26	92	The court's position is isolated, in a sense, as, even within the city, it occupies an area of unplanted ground on all sides.
26	93	This area is several yards in width, and, as it is open, it affords no cover to any who might approach the court, and its moat.
26	161	"They are uneasy with the black court, and many fear it".
26	166	I recalled there was nothing on my collar, but that it would be recognized, for its black enamel, and that I would be returned to the court.
26	167	I would be left, helplessly bound, by the court, presumably at the edge of the moat, before the then-raised drawbridge.
26	193	"There is nothing for us to do now but return to the court, and inform the masters that Porus, the salt merchant, he who deals near the east gate, declined to weigh salt for us".
26	199	"She was not recognized as being of the court," I said.
26	207	As my master continued his watch, or prolonged his inquiries, I was occasionally allowed out of the court, usually to fetch water from the stone steps under the Cloth Maker's Bridge, which, with other bridges, spanned the Lena, one of the two streams that flowed through the city and de...
26	231	I did not tell her I was housed in the black court, nor was I permitted to do so.
26	235	The three I was familiar with were a common tunic and collar, such as the slaves would most often wear outside the court, and a belly chain with attached bracelets.

Book 35. (4 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
39	140	He hopes to take the cup as a trophy to the Black court of Brundisium, that to prove his temerity and skill.
40	240	"Do you court a lashing?" demanded Florian.
42	88	Meanwhile, from the court of the outer vestibule, I heard the cries of men, the rending of wood, perhaps the collapse of a gate, and the clash of blades.
47	175	She is often, at first, exhibited as a trophy of victory, in triumphs, civil celebrations, court occasions, and such, but later may be simply put with other female slaves of the victor".

Book 36. (8 results) Avengers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote
7	51	But they were no match for flatterers and sycophants, for those at the ear of Lurius, for court intrigues, for plotting and patronage.
21	49	"I am feared in the court at Jad," he said.
38	7	He objects to flattery, favoritism, bribery, and corruption, these rampant, it seems, at the court of Cos in Jad.
38	12	"He does not fit in well with the conventions and protocols of a luxurious court," I said.
38	14	"Some at court," said Clitus, "do not know when to smile and when to frown.
62	35	"Not in the court of Lurius," said Archelaos.
62	65	"I see," I said, "he, selected, a hated enemy, would deepen the friction between Cos and Port Kar, an enmity valuable to, and exploitable by, say, the court in Jad".
62	106	"In the confusion Talena slipped away with a man named Seremides, in the expectation of being carried away to riches and honor, liberty and safety, in the court of her former ally, Lurius of Jad".