circuit (court) judge

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• Circuit court — is the name of court systems in several common law jurisdictions. Contents 1 History 2 Republic of Ireland 3 United States 3.1 Federal courts of appeals …   Wikipedia

• circuit court — n: a court that sits in more than one place in a judicial district: as a: a state court usu. with original jurisdiction and sometimes with appellate jurisdiction b: any of the federal courts of appeals not used technically; see also the judicial… …   Law dictionary

• Circuit court — Circuit Cir cuit, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.] 1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• circuit court — circuit .court n a court of law that meets in small towns within a particular area whenever a judge visits from a larger town …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• circuit court — circuit ,court noun count * one of a number of courts of law in an area that a judge visits regularly in order to deal with local cases …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Circuit Court (Ireland) — The courthouse on Washington Street in Cork, home of the Cork Circuit Court The Circuit Court (Irish: An Chúirt Chuarda) is an intermediate level court of local and limited jurisdiction in the Republic of Ireland which hears both civil and… …   Wikipedia

• Circuit Court of Cook County — One of the Circuit Court s courthouses The Circuit Court of Cook County is the largest of the 22 circuits in Illinois as well as one of the largest unified court systems in the world. It was created by a 1964 amendment to the Illinois… …   Wikipedia

• circuit court — noun : a court that sits at two or more places within one judicial district: as a. : an English court authorized by commission from the crown that is held in one of the seven circuits of the kingdom by a judge designated by the lord chancellor to …   Useful english dictionary

• circuit court — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms circuit court : singular circuit court plural circuit courts legal one of a number of courts of law in an area that a judge visits regularly in order to deal with local cases …   English dictionary

• circuit court — noun Circuit court is used before these nouns: ↑judge …   Collocations dictionary

• United States circuit court — Not to be confused with the current United States courts of appeals. The United States circuit courts were the original intermediate level courts of the United States federal court system. They were established by the Judiciary Act of 1789. They… …   Wikipedia