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circuit judge
noun
- a judge of a circuit court.
circuit judge
noun
- a judge presiding over a county court or crown court
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Origin of circuit judge1
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Example Sentences
Klinger, a circuit judge who was appointed by Noem in 2019, ruled Monday that the amendment violated a state requirement that restricts such measures to a single topic.
That would place magistrate appointments in line with the state’s circuit judges, who handle all felony cases and are required to be seasoned attorneys.
Defenders of the current system contend that magistrates perform an essential function of the state’s justice system — clearing dockets of minor cases so that the state’s circuit judges have time to handle major felony and civil cases.
In October, a circuit judge ruled in favor of Northam, but the removal is still on hold as the residents appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Weatherspoon secured the most votes in the county’s circuit judge race, according to vote totals.
It was characteristic of our circuit judge that he should have voiced his curiosity aloud.
Some of the heirs and next of kin appealed to the Circuit Judge, who confirmed the decree of the Surrogate.
A circuit judge of Kentucky once remarked, very appropriately, that a hog seemed of more value in his district than a human life.
Now the State government and the circuit judge began to take a hand in the matter.
The presiding Circuit judge was soon afterwards, the following January, brought before the Legislature on impeachment proceedings.
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