*the Circuit Courts, of which all trial courts, including municipal courts and specialized courts, are divisions;
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*the Court of Appeals, which has three districts; and
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*the Supreme Court.
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A circuit consists of one or more counties or of the [[independent city]] of [[St. Louis]]. A circuit may lie in one or more district of the Court of Appeals; an individual county never does.<ref>{http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=23 Your Missouri Courts]</ref>