[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

porte \porte\, n. f. porte a gate, l. porta. see port a
   gate.
   the ottoman court; the government of the turkish empire,
   officially called the sublime porte, from the gate port
   of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.
   1913 webster
see also:
port sublime porte 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

porte
     n : the ottoman court in constantinople syn: sublime porte
see also:
sublime porte 

[3] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

porter. the name of an ancient english officer who bore or carried a rod 
before the justices. the door-keeper of the english parliament also bears 
this name. 
     2. one who is employed as a common carrier to carry goods from one 
place to another in the same town, is also called a porter. such person is 
in general answerable as a common carrier. story, bailm. sec. 496. 

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La Porte, definition of term: La Porte
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