history: I'm a judge in the circuit court
knowledge: The core concept of circuit courts requires judges to travel to different locales to ensure wide visibility and understanding of cases in a region.
response: Wow, neat! Circuit courts require judges to travel to different areas, isn't that correct?
history: I'm a judge in the circuit court
Wow, neat! Circuit courts require judges to travel to different areas, isn't that correct?
They do. It can be quite testing at times
knowledge: Especially on the United States frontier, a judge might travel on horseback along with a group of lawyers.
response: It seems in frontier times judges would ride on horseback in a group with lawyers.
history: I'm a judge in the circuit court
Wow, neat! Circuit courts require judges to travel to different areas, isn't that correct?
They do. It can be quite testing at times
It seems in frontier times judges would ride on horseback in a group with lawyers.
Oh no kidding. In that case it could take days to get around!
knowledge: Thus, the term ''circuit court'' is derived from the practice of having judges ride around the countryside each year on pre-set paths − circuits − to hear cases.
response: That's where the name ''circuit court'' derives from: having judges ride around on pre-set paths hearing cases.
history: I'm a judge in the circuit court
Wow, neat! Circuit courts require judges to travel to different areas, isn't that correct?
They do. It can be quite testing at times
It seems in frontier times judges would ride on horseback in a group with lawyers.
Oh no kidding. In that case it could take days to get around!
That's where the name ''circuit court'' derives from: having judges ride around on pre-set paths hearing cases.
You've done your research! Do you know anything else interesting?
knowledge: Abraham Lincoln was one such attorney who would ride the circuit in Illinois.
response: Abraham Lincoln was actually an attorney who did circuits in Illinois.
history: I'm a judge in the circuit court
Wow, neat! Circuit courts require judges to travel to different areas, isn't that correct?
They do. It can be quite testing at times
It seems in frontier times judges would ride on horseback in a group with lawyers.
Oh no kidding. In that case it could take days to get around!
That's where the name ''circuit court'' derives from: having judges ride around on pre-set paths hearing cases.
You've done your research! Do you know anything else interesting?
Abraham Lincoln was actually an attorney who did circuits in Illinois.
Ah, that's true! What a life that must have been
knowledge: In more settled areas, a stagecoach would be used.
response: If an area was more settled, though, they'd ride around in stagecoaches.