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federal court

noun

  1. a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of federal court1

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
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Example Sentences

Cline pleaded guilty in federal court and in 2005 was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison, according to court records.

Larson is expected to be extradited soon to California, where he faces the five charges in federal court and four similar counts in state court.

In a motion filed Monday in federal court, Cudd’s attorney asked a judge to let her travel later this month to Riviera Maya with employees of her flower shop.

Santa Monica adopted a similar platform accountability approach after a federal court ruling.

As the investigation continues, a number of lawsuits have been filed in both state and federal courts.

While the Hobby Lobby decision may have lost its cultural appeal, it still carries weight in the federal court system.

All of these details are according to a claim filed against the United States by Marino in federal court last week.

Peacock served as an expert witness on grizzlies in federal court for Glacier National Park.

And last week, a Mexican federal court tossed out weapons charges that had been lodged against him when he was arrested.

But she had no way to know for sure until August, when a legal filing was inadvertently made public by a federal court.

But any really grave case is tried at Valdez, because that's the nearest Federal court from here.

One of our judges in the federal court in our State had a servant break her leg on his back porch last year.

Otherwise, the Commission must apply to a Federal court for the issuance of a judicial writ to compel obedience to the order.

If he quarrelled with a foreigner, or with the citizen of another State, he might be sued in the Federal Court.

At the police station, and subsequently in the Federal court, he gave his name as Arthur Travis.

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