circuit court of appeals

circuit court of appeals

noun
any of the courts of appeals in the U.S. federal judicial system before 1948.

Origin:
1940–45, Americanism
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circuit court of appeals

noun
one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a 'circuit' 
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