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Examples of circuit court in a Sentence
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In a lawsuit filed last month in Miami circuit court, two dozen investors accused Azpurua and his wife, Dania Carmela Azpurua, of deliberately misappropriating funds provided by investors for the development of a La Quinta hotel and of a Tryp hotel in Orlando.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
Missouri’s online court database shows that Sandoval challenged his substantiated neglect finding in circuit court on Feb. 16, 2023.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2024
The thinking was that if the laws were debated in different circuit courts and the courts issued conflicting rulings, the Supreme Court would be more likely to take up one of the cases and arbitrate among them.
—Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 28 May 2024
Commissioners are scheduled to meet with representatives of the Board of Education, sheriff’s office, state’s attorney’s office, circuit court, animal control and Carroll Community College starting at 9 a.m., Tuesday.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1708, in the meaning defined above
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“Circuit court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circuit%20court. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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.
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