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A specific tribunal that possesses the legal authority to hear cases within its own geographical territory. A circuit court is ordinarily an inferior trial-level court; appeals are heard by superior courts possessing the requisite jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of a circuit court generally extends over a number of counties or districts wherein the court sits. The name circuit court can be traced historically to the period when a single judge rode the circuit to hold trials in each county within the designated territory. In geographical locations with small populations, this method of dispensing justice eliminates the expense of providing every small village with its own judiciary. CIRCUIT COURT. The name of a court of the United States, which has both civil and criminal jurisdiction. In several of the states there are courts which bear this name. Vide Courts of the United States. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey have similar statutes and are both in the same federal judicial circuit as Delaware. Judge David Mason of the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri in March sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to numerous charges of violations of elections law and of possessing The case is scheduled for trial July 5 in the 18th Judicial Circuit Court in Brevard County, Fla. |
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