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Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

who shall reside within his circuit, and the district judge of the district where the circuit court is held; and may be held by any one of the three sitting alone, or by any two sitting together; but a district judge cannot vote on appeal or error from his decision. The Circuit Courts have and an a Ken is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the State where it is brought and a citizen of another State, or of suits in equity involving $500, where the United States are petitioners, or at common law where the United States, or any officer thereof suing under the authority of any act of Congress, are plaintiffs; of suits under import, internal revenue, and postal laws; of patent and copyright suits, suits against national banks, suits in bankruptcy, and in divers other cases. They have appellate jurisdiction from the District Courts in cases involving $50, of equity, admiralty, or maritime jurisdiction. The Circuit Court meets at least twice a year in every district.

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