Circuit Courts in the United States

Circuit Courts Definition

In American Law. Courts whose jurisdiction extends over several counties or districts, and of which terms are held in the various counties or districts (according to the definition of Circuit Courts based on the Cyclopedic Law Dictionary ) to which their jurisdiction extends. The term is applied in several states to courts of general original jurisdiction, terms of which are held in the various counties or districts of the state. It is unknown in the classification of English courts, and conveys a different idea in the various States in which it is adopted. In the federal jurisprudence of the United States, the circuit courts were a system of federal courts, holding terms in several places in each of the several judicial circuits. See “Circuit.” They had original jurisdiction of substantially all civil cases which, by reason of the citizenship of the parties, or the nature of the subject-matter, were of federal cognizance. See “District Courts.”  They were abolished by the Act of March 3, 1911, 36 Stat. 1167.

History of the Circuit Courts

According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled CIRCUIT COURTS, the judiciary act of 1789 fashioned a decentralized circuit court system. The boundaries of the three circuits coincided with the boundaries of the states they encompassed, a practice that opened them to state and sectional political influences and legal practices.

List of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions

• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 1995 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 1996 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 1997 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 1998 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 1999 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2000 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2001 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2002 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2003 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2004 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2005 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2006 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2007 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2008 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2009 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2010 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2011 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2012 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2013 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2014 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2015 (by Months)
• List of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Opinions in 2016 (by Months)
• List of Federal Circuit Opinions by First Party in the Case
• List of Federal Circuit Opinions by Second Party in the Case

Concept of Circuit Courts

In the U.S., in the context of Judiciary power and branch, Circuit Courts has the following meaning: See appeals courts (Source of this definition of Circuit Courts : University of Texas)

Circuit Courts

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See Also

• Judiciary Power
• Judiciary Branch