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:
“The Federal Constitution has stood the test of more than a hundred years in supplying the powers that have been needed to make the Central Government as strong as it ought to be, and with this movement toward uniform legislation and agreements between the States I do not see why the Constitution may not serve our people always.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice—however much we might desire it.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)