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Examples of circuit court in a Sentence
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What did Ann Walsh Bradley do before being elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court?
After working in private practice, Walsh Bradley served as a circuit court judge in Marathon County for a decade.
—Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
She is being sued over the allegations in circuit court, and the Florida Bar has also opened an inquiry.
—Joey Flechas, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
Amazon Logistics sued and a Waukesha County circuit court judge ruled the drivers were independent contractors.
—Scott Bauer, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
Hall is seeking up to $75,000 in damages after the impromptu training drills with Hill in June led to a bone fracture, according to the lawsuit filed in Broward County circuit court Saturday by attorney Jonathan R. Gdanski.
—Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
The legislation targeting eviction moratoriums comes in response to local agencies such as the circuit courts in Jackson County and St. Louis that temporarily halted evictions in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024
Another is that litigants can still try to game the system by filing their lawsuits in states from which appeals are heard by circuit courts known to have a particular partisan lean.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
These courts handle only hearings that precede an indictment, after which cases are transferred to circuit court.
—ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
Voters will also have the task of filling seven circuit court and 70 district court seats this March.
—Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1708, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near circuit court
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“Circuit court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circuit%20court. Accessed 23 Apr. 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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