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| United States Court for China | |
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| Defunct | |
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| Location | Shanghai International Settlement |
| Appeals to | Ninth Circuit |
| Established | June 30, 1906 |
| Abolished | May 20, 1943 |
| United States Court for China | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 美國中國事務法院 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 美国中国事务法院 | ||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 上海美國法院 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 上海美国法院 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Shanghai American Court | ||||||
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The United States Court for China was a United States district court that had extraterritorial jurisdiction over U.S. citizens in China. It existed from 1906 to 1943 and had jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters, with appeals taken to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco.