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circuit court
noun
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.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of circuit court1
Example Sentences
City lawyers could challenge the order before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The 5th Circuit Court put his decision on hold but upheld his ruling that the work of the preventive services task force was unconstitutional because its members were “free from any supervision” by the president.
Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled that in the absence of sufficient shelter beds, arrests for resting or sleeping on the sidewalks constituted “cruel and unusual punishment.”
Circuit Court of Appeals rules in April 2006 that in the absence of sufficient shelter beds, arrests for resting or sleeping on the sidewalks constitute “cruel and unusual punishment.”
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that cities cannot enforce anti-camping ordinances if there are not enough shelter beds available to the homeless, in effect becoming the law in most of the West when the U.S.
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