How to Use circuit court in a Sentence

circuit court

noun
  • There are 179 seats on the circuit courts, and the judges have life tenure.
    Jeffrey Toobin, The New York Review of Books, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The judge agreed with the appeal, the court director said, and the case will now go to circuit court.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The agreement was filed late last week in Leon circuit court.
    Terry Spencer, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The board has the option of appealing in circuit court.
    Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2022
  • From there, the challenges go to circuit court and then to higher courts.
    Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The circuit court will have a hearing on the lawsuit on Wednesday.
    Fox News, 6 July 2022
  • The circuit court judge on Sept. 12 then disallowed the plea, opens new tab.
    Jenna Greene, Reuters, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Supreme Court ruled that the circuit court must deny the defendant’s motion to have the judge review the records.
    Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2023
  • The defendants lost in the circuit court and the Michigan Court of Appeals declined to hear the case.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2024
  • According to the report, the case will be appealed to circuit court.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Their pretrials are set for June 24 in the circuit court.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2024
  • In the 2020 primary, there were four open slots for circuit court judges.
    Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Smith and Miller were bound over to circuit court in the embezzlement case Feb. 4.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The late Lila Neuenfelt was the first female circuit court judge in Michigan.
    Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The letter will allow the board to appeal the matter in circuit court, Hopkins said.
    Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2022
  • So far, more than a dozen have been filed in Miami-Dade circuit court.
    David Ovalle, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021
  • On April 10, a state circuit court issued an injunction against the march.
    Deneen L. Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Fisher has been a circuit court judge in Loudoun County since 2019.
    Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Wright's order was overturned by the Supreme Court, which remanded the case back down to circuit court.
    Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
  • The issue of whether the Water Works is meeting those requirements will go back to the circuit court.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 1 Mar. 2022
  • They have not yet been arraigned before a circuit court judge, and a trial date has not yet been set.
    Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Stewart was a circuit court judge in Mobile for 13 years before her election to the Supreme Court.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 14 June 2023
  • In 2016, the year of the name change, only one graduate received a circuit court clerkship.
    Jo Becker, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Today, in a 4-3 decision, the Alabama Supreme Court reversed that and sent the case back to the circuit court.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 21 Jan. 2022
  • In 2000, he was named by then Governor Jeb Bush as a circuit court judge in Sanford.
    Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 1 July 2021
  • The circuit court will hold a hearing and enter its findings and judgment.
    Karen Caffarini, chicagotribune.com, 29 July 2021
  • Eventually, Marable muted the Zoom call and transferred the suit to circuit court.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
  • The company lost its case in the D.C. circuit court, and then lost the appeal; the courts ruled that the council’s plan was reasonable under Chevron.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Martin, the current judge, is running for circuit court.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
  • If a judge determines there is enough evidence to go to trial, the case is bound over to circuit court.
    M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2024

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