Circuit judge
Definition - Noun
: a judge who holds office in a circuit court
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Circuit Court Most states are comprised of local governmental units called counties, each with its own courthouse where local judges preside over county courts (usually including small claims courts) and circuit judges preside over more powerful ...
Circuit Judge: Judge of the Circuit Court, addressed as "My Lord" whether male or female.
Class action: Legal action taken by a number of different persons where the facts and the defendants are similar.
Congress established an annual conference of the Chief Justice and the senior circuit judge (now called the chief judge) from each judicial circuit and charged the conference with a general mandate to advise on the administrative needs of the federal ...
The state is divided into nine judicial districts, in each of which a circuit judge, having the same qualifications as the supreme judges, except that he may be appointed at the age of thirty years, is elected by the qualified electors, ...
In England and Wales the judiciary comprises -- in order of increasing seniority -- lay and stipendiary magistrates, circuit judges and Recorders, High Court (`puisne') judges, and the appelate (appeal) judges ...
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