单词 | circuit-court |
释义 | > as lemmascircuit-court circuit-court n. in Scotland, a court held periodically in the principal towns, similar in function to the English assize n.; in U.S. (a) Federal courts intermediate in authority between the District Courts and the Supreme Court of the U. S. (see Kent Commentaries I, chapter on Constitution); (b) various State Courts so-called for different reasons in particular States. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of shire or part of shire > in Scotland head court1410 stewart-court1475 circuit-court1708 society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > courts in U.S. General Court1628 county court1639 praetorial1639 precinct court1669 supreme bench1767 Supreme Court1787 justice court1793 oyer and terminer1840 circuit-court1843 chancery1850 1708 Royal Proclam. 11 July in London Gaz. No. 4456/1 We hereby Appoint..the said Circuit-Courts of Justiciary to be Holden..Twice in the Year. 1789 Act of Congr. c. 21 §1 All writs and processes issuing from a supreme or a circuit court. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 17 The Circuit courts have appellate jurisdiction from the district courts. They have exclusive cognizance of offences against the United States. 1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) App. ii. 419 This power of adjudging a law unconstitutional is also possessed by the Circuit Courts of the United States. < as lemmas |
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