circuit court

noun

: a court that sits at two or more places within one judicial district

Examples of circuit court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Late Sunday, the circuit court denied the administration's appeal, rejecting the administration's argument that harm suffered by the government by complying with the order would outweigh the harm suffered by the millions of Americans who rely on the food assistance program. —Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025

Reckless driving offenses can result in a citation in municipal court or a criminal charge in county circuit court. —Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025

The issue of filing deadlines wasn't argued before the Supreme Court, nor the circuit court, Wood said. —Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025

The provocation was that five circuit court nominations had been defeated with a filibuster for the first time in American history. —NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1708, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for circuit court

• heliport
• nonsupport
• reexport
• teleport
• ultrashort
• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort

Legal Definition

circuit court

noun

: a court that sits in more than one place in a judicial district: as

a

: a state court usually with original jurisdiction and sometimes with appellate jurisdiction

b

: any of the federal courts of appeals

—not used technically

Note: Before 1948, the U.S. Courts of Appeals were known as Circuit Courts of Appeals.