Examples of circuit court in a Sentence
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Amazon Logistics sued and a Waukesha County circuit court judge ruled the drivers were independent contractors.
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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
But circuit courts across the country have split over similar anti-bias programs at other universities.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Acree is accused of killing Independence Police Department Officer Cody Allen and Jackson County circuit court process server Drexel Mac.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2024
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
But circuit courts across the country have split over similar anti-bias programs at other universities.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Acree is accused of killing Independence Police Department Officer Cody Allen and Jackson County circuit court process server Drexel Mac.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1708, in the meaning defined above
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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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