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CIRCUIT COURTS

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The name of a system of courts of the United States, invested with general original jurisdiction of such matters and causes as are of Federal cognizance, except the matters specially delegated to the district courts. The United States circuit courts are held by one of the justices of the supreme court appointed for the circuit (and bearing the name, in that capacity, of circuit … [Read more...] about CIRCUIT COURTS

CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS

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A system of courts of the United States (one in each circuit) created by act of congress of March 3, 1891 (U. S. Comp. St 1901, p. 488), composed of the circuit justice, the circuit judge, and an additional circuit judge appointed for each such court, and having appellate jurisdiction from the circuit and district courts except in certain specified classes of cases. Circuitus … [Read more...] about CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS