Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (n)
F.I.S.C. (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 14
def a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
def 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
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Hypernym court, tribunal, judicature
Part holonym Federal Judiciary
Incoming links
Part meronym Federal Judiciary
Hyponym court, tribunal, judicature

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