circuit court

noun

: a court that sits at two or more places within one judicial district

Examples of circuit court in a Sentence

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After a recent and controversial city council vote to find the statue a new home, a circuit court judge had issued an injunction to delay its removal for six months. Deborah Baker june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025 As a circuit court judge, Carmichael was also a judge in Queen Anne’s County and shortly before the state elections in November 1861, the clerk of Queen Anne’s Court, Madison Brown, was arrested and temporarily imprisoned by Union troops. Paul Callahan, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025 The company tried to appeal, but the circuit court found the lower ruling isn’t immediately appealable, and GEO needs to wait for the trial court proceedings to conclude. Ella Lee, The Hill, 28 May 2025 While most details of such cases are kept confidential, the appeals court said the minor filed a petition in circuit court on May 6, and the judge held a hearing the following day. Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for circuit court

Word History

First Known Use

1708, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of circuit court was in 1708

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“Circuit court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circuit%20court. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.

Legal Definition

circuit court

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

Note: Before 1948, the U.S. Courts of Appeals were known as Circuit Courts of Appeals.

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