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The name used for the principal (or first) trial court in most states. In the federal court system, the term circuit refers to one of thirteen geographic regions which may cover several states. The origin of the term was prior to mass mechanical transit during a time when judges and lawyers rode the circuit of their jurisdictional territory in order to hold court in those … [Read more...] about CIRCUIT COURT

Fr. So; here. Ci Diciu vow eyde, so help you God. Ci devant, heretofore. Ci bien, as well. … [Read more...] about CI

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

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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