"circuit court" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: circuit courts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} circuit court (plural circuit courts)
  1. (law) A court that sits at more than one location in the district that it serves. Categories (topical): Collectives, Law Translations (court that sits at more than one location): 巡迴法庭 (Chinese Mandarin), 巡回法庭 (xúnhuí fǎtíng) (Chinese Mandarin), kihlakunnanoikeus (Finnish), käräjäoikeus (Finnish)

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