Circuit in United States

Circuit Definition

A division of the country, appointed for a particular judge to visit for the trial of causes, or for the administration of justice. See 3 Bl. Conun. 58; 3 Bouv. Inst, note 2532, , In England the term is oftener applied, perhaps, to the periodical journeys of the judges through their various circuits. The judges, or, in England, commissioners of assize and nisi prius, are said “to make their circuit.” 3 Bl. Comm. 57. In England there are eight judicial circuits, viz., the North and South Wales, northern, northeastern, southeastern, westem, Midland and Oxford. See 3 Bl. Comm. 58; 3 Steph. Comm. 221. For the purposes of federal jurisdiction, the United States is divided into nine circuits, designated by number. Rev. St. U.S. 1878, § 604. See “Circuit Courts.”

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A division of the country, appointed for a particular judge to visit for the trial of causes, or for the administration of justice. See 3 Bl. Conun. 58; 3 Bouv. Inst, note 2532, , In England the term is oftener applied, perhaps, to the periodical journeys of the judges through their various circuits. The judges, or, in England, commissioners of assize and nisi prius, are said “to make their circuit.” 3 Bl. Comm. 57. In England there are eight judicial circuits, viz., the North and South Wales, northern, northeastern, southeastern, westem, Midland and Oxford. See 3 Bl. Comm. 58; 3 Steph. Comm. 221. For the purposes of federal jurisdiction, the United States is divided into nine circuits, designated by number. Rev. St. U.S. 1878, § 604. See “Circuit Courts.”

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This definition of Circuit is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.

Circuit in the Context of Law Research

The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Library defined briefly Circuit as: A division of the United States Court of Appeals. There are currently 11 numbered Circuits encompassing the fifty states, as well as a D.C. Circuit and a Federal Circuit.Legal research resources, including Circuit, help to identify the law that governs an activity and to find materials that explain that law.

Concept of Circuit in Constitutional Law

The following is a very basic definition of Circuit in this context: An assigned district or territory

Concept of Circuit in Political Science

The following is a very basic definition of Circuit in relation to the election system and the U.S Congress: An assigned district or territory

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