CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does circuit court of appeals mean? 

• CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS (noun)
  The noun CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS has 1 sense:

1. one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a 'circuit'

  Familiarity information: CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS (noun)

Meaning:

One of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a 'circuit'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("circuit court of appeals" is a kind of...):

appeals court; appellate court; court of appeals (a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Holonyms ("circuit court of appeals" is a member of...):

judicial branch (the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice)