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Federal court   /fˈɛdərəl kɔrt/   Listen
Federal court

noun
1.
A court establish by the authority of a federal government.






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"Federal court" Quotes from Famous Books



... passes and transportation except for railway employees and certain other small classes of persons, including the poor and unfortunate classes and those engaged in religious and charitable work. Under the old law, the Commission was compelled to apply to a Federal court on its own initiative for the enforcement of any order which it might issue. Under the Hepburn act the order went into effect at once; the railroad must begin to obey the order within thirty days; it must itself appeal to ...
— Theodore Roosevelt and His Times - A Chronicle of the Progressive Movement; Volume 47 in The - Chronicles Of America Series • Harold Howland

... between what the United States Constitution does and what we should even attempt at this time to secure at The Hague; but the methods adopted in the American Constitution to prevent hostilities between the States, and to secure the supremacy of the Federal Court in certain classes of cases, are well worth the study of those who seek at The Hague to obtain the same results on ...
— African and European Addresses • Theodore Roosevelt

... Supreme Court, judges appointed by the Armed Forces Ruling Council; Federal Court of Appeal, judges are appointed by the federal government on the advice ...
— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... man-o'-war flying the British flag as a ruse. Young Scales was sent in command of a boarding party, and was informed by the skipper of the Baracouta that the Civil War had terminated months and months ago. The Shenandoah then made for Liverpool. In the meantime a Federal court had ruled that her officers were guilty of piracy—a hanging offense. Naturally, they did not dare return to the United States. Young Scales went to Mexico and remained there two years before coming home. ...
— American Adventures - A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' • Julian Street



Words linked to "Federal court" :   judicature, Federal Judiciary, Supreme Court of the United States, supreme court, United States Supreme Court, tribunal, court



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