Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
United States Court of Appeals
A federal appellate court having jurisdiction to hear cases in one of the 13 judicial circuits of the United States (the First Circuit through the Eleventh Circuit, plus the District of Columbia Circuit and the Federal Circuit). - Also termed circuit court.
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
The primary civilian appellate tribunal responsible for reviewing court-martial convictions from all the military services. 10 USCA ยงยง 941-950. - Formerly also termed Court of Military Appeals.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
An intermediate-level appellate court with jurisdiction to hear appeals in patent cases, various actions against the United States to recover damages, cases from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals, the Merit Systems Protection Board, and some administrative agencies. ( The Court originated in the 1982 merger of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the U.S. Court of Claims (although the trial jurisdiction of the Court of Claims was given to a new U.S. Claims Court). - Abbr. Fed. Cir.