United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
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This page is about a former federal court. For a list of active courts, see: United States federal courts.
The United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia was established by an act passed by Congress on February 27, 1801, two weeks after the Judiciary Act of 1801 was passed.[1] It was given the same powers held by other circuit courts under that act, with one chief judge and two assistant judges.[2] In 1838, some the criminal jurisdiction of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia was ceded to the newly-created Criminal Court for the District of Columbia. Part of the geographical jurisdiction of the court was destroyed in 1846, when the county of Alexandria, formerly part of the District of Columbia, was retroceded to Virginia.
On March 3, 1863, D.C. Circuit Court, the D.C. Criminal Court, and the DC District Court were abolished and replaced with the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.[2]
