judicial branch

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judicial branch - the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice circuit court of appeals - one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit' 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 U.S., U.S. government, United States government, US Government, United States - the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States branch, subdivision, arm - a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"