federal court
noun
: a court established by a federal government
especially
: one established under the constitution and laws of the U.S.
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The complaint, filed in federal court in Boston, alleges Harvard has failed for more than 10 months to provide individualized applicant data and other records requested by the DOJ as part of a compliance review under federal civil rights law.
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Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2026
Millions of dollars in federal funds were set to flow once again to the Hudson River Tunnel Thursday night, after a federal court order blocking the bucks expired.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
The union filed the complaint Monday in a Massachusetts federal court.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
In the letter, Mukherjee, a Columbia Law School professor and director of its Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, wrote that the children had been detained for more than 120 days, more than six times the 20-day limit set in a federal court agreement governing the detention of minors.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
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Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2026
Millions of dollars in federal funds were set to flow once again to the Hudson River Tunnel Thursday night, after a federal court order blocking the bucks expired.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
The union filed the complaint Monday in a Massachusetts federal court.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
In the letter, Mukherjee, a Columbia Law School professor and director of its Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, wrote that the children had been detained for more than 120 days, more than six times the 20-day limit set in a federal court agreement governing the detention of minors.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Federal court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/federal%20court. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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