CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
\sˈɜːkɪt kˈɔːt ɒv ɐpˈiːlz], \sˈɜːkɪt kˈɔːt ɒv ɐpˈiːlz], \s_ˈɜː_k_ɪ_t k_ˈɔː_t ɒ_v ɐ_p_ˈiː_l_z]\
Definitions of CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
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one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit'
By Princeton University
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one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit'
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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By increase of business the U. S. Supreme Court had fallen much in arrears with its cases. After many projects had been discussed. Congress, in 1891, provided for an additional circuit judge in each circuit, and established in each a circuit court of appeals, to consist of its circuit and district judges and a Justice of the Supreme Court, the new court to have final jurisdiction over appeals from the district and circuit courts, except in constitutional, prize and capital cases, and in questions of the jurisdiction of these courts.
By John Franklin Jameson
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