F.I.S.C.

noun

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

• Syn: ↑Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

• Hypernyms: ↑court, ↑tribunal, ↑judicature

• Part Holonyms: ↑Federal Judiciary