Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Three-judge court

A court made up of three judges; esp., a panel of three federal judges convened to hear a trial in which a statute is challenged on constitutional grounds. Three judge courts were virtually abolished in 1976 when Congress restricted their jurisdiction to constitutional challenges to congres sional reapportionments.

three-judge court

See COURT.