circuit court

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circuit court

–noun

1.	a court holding sessions at various intervals in different sections of a judicial district.

2.	(initial capital letters) the court of general jurisdiction in a number of U.S. states.

Origin:
1700–10, Americanism

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circuit court
n. A state court that holds sessions at several different places within a judicial district.

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Main Entry: circuit court
Function: noun
: a court that sits in more than one place in a judicial district: as a : a state court usually with original jurisdiction and sometimes with appellate jurisdiction b : any of the federal courts of appeals —not used technically; —see also the JUDICIAL SYSTEM in the back matter
NOTE: Before 1948, the U.S. Courts of Appeals were known as Circuit Courts of Appeals.

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