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Definition of Circuit court of appeals
1. Noun. One of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a 'circuit'.
Group relationships: Judicial Branch
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circuit Court Of Appeals
Literary usage of Circuit court of appeals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"A decree for complainant was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals (262 Fed.
709), and complainant brings ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1911)
"Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit. See same case below, 101 CC £ 384, 177 Fed. 214. ..."
3. American Government and Politics by Charles Austin Beard (1910)
"The Circuit Court of Appeals has the right to review, by appeal or on writ of
error, decisions in the lower federal courts, Circuit and District, ..."
4. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley (1912)
"Court. two, three, four and five years, respectively, and on the termination is
authorized to designate a Circuit Court of Appeals judge to fill the ..."
5. Jurisdiction and Procedure of the Federal Courts by John Carter Rose, United States (1922)
"Jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Appeals. 564. The Appellate Jurisdiction of
a Circuit Court of Appeals Does Not Usually Depend Upon the Amount in ..."
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