circuit court

noun

: a court that sits at two or more places within one judicial district

Examples of circuit court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kramer, who already has been ordered to stand trial, has a pretrial conference Jan. 21 in circuit court. —Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024

As a result of the shooting, circuit and district courts, as well as the office of the circuit court clerk, will be closed until operations can resume, the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts said Thursday. —Dalia Faheid, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024

The fears paved the way for Democrats to stick with Biden’s district court nominees and Republicans to secure the circuit court slots. —Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Nov. 2024

Kerr was charged in October and bound over for trial in circuit court last week. —Stepheny Price, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1708, in the meaning defined above

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.