federal court

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of federal court

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Example Sentences

“They seem to think they are entitled to stop a federal court from trying to figure out whether the city lied to the court.”

From Los Angeles Times

In 1957 President Dwight Eisenhower had to invoke the Insurrection Act to enforce federal court orders to integrate Little Rock Central High School after the Supreme Court held in Brown v.

From The Wall Street Journal

In late January, after Mayday countersued in a federal court in New York, that court temporarily blocked South Dakota’s actions.

From Salon

He started in 1999, a year after a federal court struck down California's ban on social services for undocumented migrants.

From BBC

In December the Federal Judicial Center, the research and education agency for the federal courts, published its latest edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal