circuit judge

noun

: a judge who holds a circuit court

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It will be led by Marie Mato, who leaves the State Attorney’s Office in January to take the bench as a circuit judge. Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025 Macready appealed to the Supreme Court after a Seminole County circuit judge last month refused to block the execution. Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025 Her grandfather, James S. Moody Sr., was a state lawmaker and Hillsborough County circuit judge. Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025 First among these, of course, are the older Supreme Court justices, but there are also 68 circuit judges and over 140 district judges who are either eligible to retire or will be by the end of the second Trump administration. Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for circuit judge

Word History

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of circuit judge was in 1801

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“Circuit judge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circuit%20judge. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

Legal Definition

circuit judge

noun
: a judge who holds office in a circuit court

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