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noun

Circuit n.

1.

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

2.

The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area. "The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles."

3.

That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. "The golden circuit on my head."

4.

The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits. "A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees."

5.

A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.

6.

(a)

(Law) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice..

(b)

(Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.

7.

Circumlocution. (Obs.) "Thou hast used no circuit of words."

Circuit court (Law), a court which sits successively in different places in its circuit (see Circuit, 6). In the United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction of the same class, in matters of State cognizance.

Circuit of action or Circuity of action (Law), a longer course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the object in view.

To make a circuit, to go around; to go a roundabout way.

Voltaic circle or Galvanic circle or Voltaic circuit or Galvanic circuit, a continous electrical communication between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by which a continuous current of electricity is established.

verb

Circuit v. t. To travel around. (Obs.) "Having circuited the air."

Circuit v. i. To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Circuit'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Circuit" Quotes from Famous Books

... Trans-Missouri Freight Case (1897), the Supreme Court declared that the Sherman Law applied to railway conspiracies, and in the Addystone Pipe Case (1898), a decision against an industrial combination, written by Circuit Judge William H. Taft, was upheld by the court of last appeal. The Northern Securities Case, started in 1902, was pushed to a successful end in 1904, when it became apparent that legal control could be exercised ...

— The New Nation • Frederic L. Paxson

... find the sun apparently still at the same altitude, and then once more at 6 a.m. to see it still no higher. The altitude had changed, of course, but so slightly that it was imperceptible with the naked eye. To us it appeared as though the sun made the circuit of the heavens at exactly the same altitude. The times of day that I have given here are calculated according to the meridian of Framheim; we continued to reckon our time from this. The observations soon told us that we were not on the absolute Pole, but as close to it as we could ...

— The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 • Roald Amundsen

... and fro on the carpet. So far there was no actual fear in his manner, but he was uneasy and anxious, and nothing would induce him to go within touching distance of the walking cat. Once he made a complete circuit, but always carefully out of reach; and in the end he returned to his master's legs and rubbed vigorously against him. Flame did not like the performance at all: ...

— Lords of the Housetops - Thirteen Cat Tales • Various

... never been inside the little chapel at Sinverness; but Mysie's advice, he allowed, "had a savor o' sense in it," and so the next day he rode over to Keswick and opened his heart to John Sugden, the superintendent of the Derwent Circuit. He had assured himself on the road that he would only tell John just as much as was necessary for his quest; but he was quite unable to resist the preacher's hearty sympathy. There never were two men more unlike than Andrew Cargill ...

— Scottish sketches • Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

... corner of the seat. The man followed and sat down at Marsh's right, pulling the door to after him. The other man climbed back to his seat at the wheel and started the car. They went down Sheridan Road, and turning through the next street, made the circuit of the block, returning again to Sheridan ...

— The Sheridan Road Mystery • Paul Thorne

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