Circuit Court of Appealsnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌsɜː.kɪt kɔːt əv əˈpiːlz//ˌsɝː.kɪt kɔːrt əv əˈpiːlz/a court in any of eleven areas in the US in which lawyers can argue that a decision made in a lower court should be changed:
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals refused to rule on that case.
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