Federal court may refer to a court of the national government in a country that has a federal system of government. Examples include:
- United States federal courts
- A particular federal court, such as the United States district courts.
- In some countries, a particular court, for example:
- Federal Court of Australia
- Federal Court (Canada)
- Federal Court of India, existed from 1937 to 1950
- Federal Court of Justice of Germany.
Famous quotes containing the words federal and/or court:
“There are always those who are willing to surrender local self-government and turn over their affairs to some national authority in exchange for a payment of money out of the Federal Treasury. Whenever they find some abuse needs correction in their neighborhood, instead of applying the remedy themselves they seek to have a tribunal sent on from Washington to discharge their duties for them, regardless of the fact that in accepting such supervision they are bartering away their freedom.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
“Fortunately for those who pay their court through such foibles, a fond mother, though, in pursuit of praise for her children, the most rapacious of human beings, is likewise the most credulous; her demands are exorbitant; but she will swallow any thing.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)