CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a 'circuit'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("circuit court of appeals" is a kind of...):

appeals court; appellate court; court of appeals (a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Holonyms ("circuit court of appeals" is a member of...):

judicial branch (the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice)

Credits