CIRCUIT COURT Definition & Meaning

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.

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Origin of circuit court¹

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10

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Circuit Court of Appeals to intervene and stop the Republicans’ blatant election theft.

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The circuit court has put a stop to voter suppression in North Carolina before.

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Now represented by a coalition of attorneys including the Massachusetts and national ACLU, Ozturk is being held in Louisiana — a state in the highly conservative Fifth Circuit Court, where authorities also took Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil —after a judge ordered the government to keep her in Massachusetts.

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Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out Boasberg’s order but lost in a 2-1 decision.

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But the conservative 5th Circuit Court in New Orleans was undeterred by the warnings issued by police departments.

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