judicial circuit
Judge's assigned region
A judicial circuit is a geographic region within which a court or group of courts has jurisdiction.
In the United States, federal appeals courts are organized into numbered circuits covering multiple states: The case was heard by the Ninth Circuit.
Historically, circuit referred to the route judges traveled to hold court in different locations within their assigned territory.
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- appellateRelating to appeals
- court of appealsTribunal reviewing lower rulings
- districtBounded administrative area
bench · courthouse · gavel · ruling · federal · appeals · venue · trial · docket · court clerk · magistrate · robes · chambers · precedent · boundary · territory · riding · loop
judicial circuitmunicipal court
Local government's judicial body
district court · supreme court · justice of the peace · small claims court
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