Circuits

Circuits (seven eight formerly), certain divisions of England and Wales, appointed for the judges to go formerly twice a year, in the respective vacations after Hilary and Trinity terms, but more recently oftener, and at no precisely fixed periods, to administer justice in the several counties. Two judges, until 1884, attended at each circuit town, when by a new scheme set on foot by the 'Circuits Order' of that year it was arranged that at the majority of the circuit towns one judge only should attend, with the power, however, under Rule 9 of the Order, of requesting one of the judges in London to proceed to any place on circuit in his aid 'in order to enable the judges, as far as possible, to leve no cause untried at any place on any circuit.' The following were the circuits as altered by Order in Council made pursuant to 26 & 27 Vict. c. 122, viz.: (1) Northern; (2) Home; (3) Western; (4) Oxford; (5) Midland; (6) Norfolk; (7) North Wales; and South Wales.By the (English) Judicature ...

Winter circuit

Winter circuit, originally an occasional circuit appointed for the trial of prisoners, and in some cases of civil causes, between Michaelmas and Hilary Sittings. See Winter Assize Act, 1876, and ASSIZE. But of late years the circuit held in spring has been termed the 'Winter Circuit.'...

Circuitous

Going round in a circuit roundabout indirect as a circuitous road a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end...

circuit

circuit 1 a : a route formerly taken by traveling judges b : a district established within a state or the federal judicial system see also the Judicial System in the back matter 2 cap : the court of appeals for a circuit in the federal judicial system [after the 9th Circuit's ruling "V. M. Sher"] ...

Circuit breaker

Circuit breaker, means a device, capable of making and breaking the circuit under all conditions, and unless otherwise specified, so designed as to break the current automatically under abnormal conditions. [Indian Electricity Rules, 1956), R. 2 (1) (i)]...

Circuiter

One who travels a circuit as a circuit judge...

Federal Circuit

Federal Circuit : a circuit that has nationwide jurisdiction over appeals or reviews of certain customs, trademark and patent cases (as actions for patent applications or patent interference), and claims against the U.S. from district courts or federal agencies and that has appellate jurisdiction over cases in the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of International Trade, and the United States Court of Veterans Appeals ...

circuit judge

circuit judge : a judge who holds office in a circuit court ...

circuit court

circuit court : a court that sits in more than one place in a judicial district: as a : a state court usually with original jurisdiction and sometimes with appellate jurisdiction b : any of the federal courts of appeals not used technically ; see also the Judicial System in the back matter NOTE: Before 1948, the U.S. Courts of Appeals were known as Circuit Courts of Appeals. ...

circuit justice

circuit justice : a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who is also assigned to sit as a judge of a circuit court ...

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