circuit court of appeals
1Circuit Court of Appeals — UK US noun [C] (plural Circuit Courts of Appeals) LAW ► THE COURT OF APPEALS(Cf. ↑the Court of Appeals) …
2circuit court of appeals — ☆ circuit court of appeals n. COURT OF APPEALS (sense 2) …
3circuit court of appeals — noun one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a circuit • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑appellate court, ↑appeals court, ↑court of appeals • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
4circuit court of appeals — any of the courts of appeals in the U.S. federal judicial system before 1948. [1940 45, Amer.] * * * …
5Court of Appeals (disambiguation) — Court of Appeals may refer to:In Israel: *Military Court of AppealsIn the Philippines: *Philippine Court of AppealsIn Turkey: *High Court of Appeals of TurkeyIn the United States of America: *United States court of appeals *United States Court of …
6circuit 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… …
7United States Circuit Court of Appeals — A United States court which was created in 1891, with three judges for each circuit, and hearing appeals from the United States district courts and formerly, appeals from the United States Circuit Court. Succeeded by the United States Court of… …
8court of appeals — noun a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies • Syn: ↑appellate court, ↑appeals court • Hypernyms: ↑court, ↑tribunal, ↑judicature • Hyponyms: ↑ …
9Circuit 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 …
10the Court of Appeals — UK US noun (also Appeals Court, also Circuit Court of Appeals) ► LAW in the US, a court of law that makes decisions relating to legal cases in which people do not accept the decision of a lower court: »State officials hope they can persuade the… …
