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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies
Synonyms:
F.I.S.C.; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court" is a kind of...):
court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)
Holonyms ("Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court" is a part of...):
Federal Judiciary (the judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws)
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