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- noun a court establish by the authority of a federal government
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Examples
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"Today's ruling by the federal court is a victory for the rule of law.
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Corporations would be allowed to donate directly to political candidates under a ruling by a federal court.
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Black is also back in theaters, narrating 8: The Mormon Proposition, a new documentary about the Mormon Church's 15-year-long, behind-the-scenes campaign to create, fund and pass California's Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage and was recently ruled unconstitutional by the federal court.
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Koger, 41, a convicted embezzler, is imprisoned and under federal court order to pay $2 million in restitution and back taxes.
Shooting victim's lawsuit faces legal hurdles in Fairfax, Va. 2010
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A case such as the recent ruling by the federal court in Virginia on the health insurance legislation, whatever its constitutional merits, helps to expose right-wing hypocrisy on the issue of judicial activism.
Carlos A. Ball: Right-Wing Hypocrisy on "Judicial Activism" Carlos A. Ball 2010
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Black is also back in theaters, narrating 8: The Mormon Proposition, a new documentary about the Mormon Church's 15-year-long, behind-the-scenes campaign to create, fund and pass California's Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage and was recently ruled unconstitutional by the federal court.
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Koger, 41, a convicted embezzler, is imprisoned and under federal court order to pay $2 million in restitution and back taxes.
Shooting victim's lawsuit faces legal hurdles in Fairfax, Va. 2010
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Supreme court to review the ruling by the federal court that sent some claims to the state court.
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A federal court in Boston ruled last week that same-sex married couples deserve federal recognition.
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Black is also back in theaters, narrating 8: The Mormon Proposition, a new documentary about the Mormon Church's 15-year-long, behind-the-scenes campaign to create, fund and pass California's Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage and was recently ruled unconstitutional by the federal court.
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