Circuit

Definition - Noun
1 a  : a route formerly taken by traveling judges
b  : a district established within a state or the federal judicial system
see also the Judicial System in the back matter
2  cap : the court of appeals for a circuit in the federal judicial system <after the 9th Circuit's ruling ­V. M. Sher>



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slight negligence

failure to exercise the great degree of care typical of an extraordinarily prudent person


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