{Court of claims} (Law), a court for settling claims against
a state or government; specif., a court of the United
States, created by act of Congress, and holding its
sessions at Washington. It is given jurisdiction over
claims on contracts against the government, and sometimes
may advise the government as to its liabilities. Couveuse
\Cou`veuse"\, n. [F.] (Med.)
An incubator for sickly infants, esp. those prematurely born.