FEDERAL COURT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does federal court mean? 

• FEDERAL COURT (noun)
  The noun FEDERAL COURT has 1 sense:

1. a court establish by the authority of a federal government

  Familiarity information: FEDERAL COURT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEDERAL COURT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A court establish by the authority of a federal government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("federal court" is a kind of...):

court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "federal court"):

Supreme Court; Supreme Court of the United States; United States Supreme Court (the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation)

Holonyms ("federal court" is a part of...):

Federal Judiciary (the judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws)