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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 ...
United States Court of Federal Claims
United States Court of Federal Claims : a federal court having nationwide trial jurisdiction over claims against the United States see also federal circuit NOTE: The claims over which this court has jurisdiction include those based on the Constitution, acts of Congress, regulations of an executive agency, contracts with the United States, actions for damages not sounding in tort, claims of American Indian groups against the United States, and certain tax cases (as claims for tax refunds). Private bills are referred to it from Congress for advisory findings as to whether there is a genuine legal or equitable claim for relief. The court does not have jurisdiction over claims for pensions or claims based on treaties with foreign nations. ...
Judicial-council
Judicial-council, a regularly assembled group of judges whose mission is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the courts or which they sit; esp., a semiannual assembly of a federal circuit's judges called by the circuit's chief judge, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 851....
United States Court of International Trade
United States Court of International Trade : a federal court having nationwide exclusive jurisdiction over a variety of cases involving international trade and customs duties including those initiated against the United States see also federal circuit ...
United States Court of Veterans Appeals
United States Court of Veterans Appeals : a federal court having exclusive jurisdiction to review decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals see also federal circuit ...
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 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. ...
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