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English noun: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |||
| 1. | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (group) 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. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | court, judicature, tribunal | ||
| Part meronym | Federal Judiciary | ||
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