Circuit Court of Appeals
noun [ C ] uk/ˌsɜː.kɪt kɔːt əv əˈpiːlz/ us/ˌsɝː.kɪt kɔːrt əv əˈpiːlz/
（美国）巡回上诉法庭
a court in any of eleven areas in the US in which lawyers can argue that a decision made in a lower court should be changed
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals refused to rule on that case. 美国第四巡回上诉法庭拒绝受理此案。