Definition
A court is "a tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases." (Oxford Languages)
Under Article VIII, Section 1 of the 1987 Constitution,
Section 1. The judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in such lower courts as may be established by law.
Judicial power includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable, and to determine whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any branch or instrumentality of the Government.
A court is the office or tribunal, while the judge is the officer who presides over the office or tribunal.
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