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What is a circuit court?

What is a circuit court? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law) A court that sits at more than one location in the district that it serves.
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The circuit court judge who heard the case at trial directed the jury to find for the plaintiff.
Last year, 3,347 decrees nisi were granted in the circuit court, with two-thirds of applications being taken by women.
The junior minister urged district and circuit court judges to start using the new law immediately.
The D.C. circuit court of appeals, which hears most suits brought against the various federal environmental agencies, is also vulnerable.
He cited a case where a circuit court judge made a ruling on a point of law which disadvantaged the prosecution.
After the report, a tribunal of Maryland circuit court judges reduced the homicide charge to manslaughter.

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