Usually means: Higher court reviewing lower decision.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. appellate court: Collins English Dictionary
  2. appellate court: Vocabulary.com
  3. appellate court: Wiktionary
  4. appellate court: Dictionary.com
  5. Appellate Court, Appellate court: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. appellate court: Rhymezone
  7. appellate court: FreeDictionary.org
  8. appellate court: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. appellate court: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. appellate court: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. appellate court: Law.com Dictionary
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  4. appellate court: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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  1. appellate court: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (appellate court)

▸ noun:  (law) A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a lower court's decisions.

Similar:
court of appeals, appeals court, appellate jurisdiction, appeal, high court, court of second instance, certiorari, court of last resort, court of law, court of justice, more...

Opposite:
trial court, lower court, district court

Types:
court of appeals, circuit court, more...

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Similar:
court of appeals, appeals court, appellate jurisdiction, appeal, high court, court of second instance, certiorari, court of last resort, court of law, court of justice, more...

Opposite:
trial court, lower court, district court

Types:
court of appeals, circuit court, more...



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