Have you ever been involved in a case with the circuit court?
Yeah, they're they curt systems in several common law districts.
I know nothing about the process. Can you tell me more?
The main concept is judges travel to different lacales and ensure justice.
Wow! That is interesting. The judges actually travel to different locations to perform their duties. Are the parties represented by counsel?
Yeah thats where the term circuit court comes from.
Is this a system that is prevalent in the United States or are you located in another country?
Assize of Clarendon). Thus, the term "circuit court" is derived from the practice of having judges ride around the countryside each year on pre-set paths − circuits − to hear cases. Especially on the United States frontier, a judge might travel on horseback along with a group of lawyers. Abraham Lincoln was one such attorney who would ride the circuit in Illinois. In more settled areas, a stagecoach would be used. Eventually, the legal caseload in a county would become great enough to warrant the establishment
Circuit court
Circuit courts are court systems in several common law jurisdictions. The core concept of circuit courts requires judges to travel to different locales to ensure wide visibility and understanding of cases in a region. More generally, some modern circuit courts may also refer to a court that merely holds trials for cases of multiple locations in some rotation.
History.
King Henry II instituted the custom of having judges ride the circuit each year to hear cases, rather than requiring every citizen to bring their cases to London (see