three-judge court

three-judge court
Any appellate court sitting with three justices in accordance with law. Any court having three qualified judges or justices, albeit court is actually held in one place and at one time by only one judge. In the most common sense of the term, a federal district court of three judges sitting on one case, as required in certain cases, particularly where an injunction is sought to restrain the enforcement of a statute or administrative order on the ground of unconstitutionality. 28 Am J Rev ed Inj § 252.

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