circuit court
a court holding sessions at various intervals in different sections of a judicial district.
(initial capital letters) the court of general jurisdiction in a number of U.S. states.
Origin of circuit court
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How to use circuit court in a sentence
Right now, there is no such conflict at the circuit-court level.
In the meantime, the 11th circuit court of Appeals is investigating the incident.
And this was how, on Aug. 11, Aaron Walker and his co-defendants ended up on the 9th floor of the Montgomery County circuit court.
The Weirdest Story About a Conservative Obsession, a Convicted Bomber, and Taylor Swift You Have Ever Read | David Weigel | August 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever, a 2013 9th circuit court of Appeals court ruling did not grant the same rights to the remaining Shusters.
Superman Is Jewish: The Hebrew Roots of America's Greatest Superhero | Rich Goldstein | August 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen the high court ruled in Brown, the Charleston circuit court, of course, reversed itself.
South Carolina Republicans Snub Desegregation Judge | Michael Tomasky | April 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
My father, as judge of the circuit court, has been in intimate touch with public men and party politics.
The Wasted Generation | Owen JohnsonFor this "offence" his case was presented to the grand-jury of the circuit court the 29th of September, 1851.
The Trial of Theodore Parker | Theodore ParkerA distinct affirmation of Federal supremacy has also been had by a circuit court opinion in 1911.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyAmong his colleagues at the bar he was no longer looked upon as the Circuit-Court lawyer of earlier days.
Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) | William H. HerndonHe is known to me as a counsellor practising law in circuit court.
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