as in trial court
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Sitting above the trial courts and below the Supreme Court, the appellate courts will play a crucial role in deciding when and how much of Mr. Trump’s second-term agenda can be implemented.—
Mattathias Schwartz,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Distributed among 12 geographic clusters of states and the District of Columbia, plus one national circuit, the courts of appeals hear the vast majority of cases from the federal trial courts.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
29 Dec. 2024
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Ramos posted the $50,000 bail a Queens criminal court judge levied against him during his arraignment on May 4, according to court records.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2025
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Becciu, 76, was convicted in 2023 by the Vatican's criminal court on charges of embezzlement and abuse of office following a high-profile trial that raised questions about the Vatican's judicial process.—
Dan Cody,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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“Civil court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20court. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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