federal court
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of federal court
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
Example Sentences
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Taxpayers foot the bill for both the defense and the prosecution in post-conviction capital cases, as well as the administrative judicial costs associated with years of complicated appeals in state and federal court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
A former South Lake Tahoe mayor whose church fraud case shocked residents in the scenic Sierra Nevada city pleaded guilty to wire fraud this week in federal court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The lawsuit, filed earlier this month in a San Francisco federal court, accuses Anthropic of engaging in “copyright infringement at a scale never seen before.”
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Owners of property near the site sued in federal court seeking to block construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The following day, on Sunday June 28, Dasch was escorted to New York and taken to the federal court building.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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