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Appellate court   /əpˈɛlɪt kɔrt/   Listen
Appellate court

noun
1.
A court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies.  Synonyms: appeals court, court of appeals.






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"Appellate court" Quotes from Famous Books



... result was that he suddenly changed his conduct and commenced ruling the other way. While this was his policy, there was hardly any position I could take in which he did not rule in my favor. At last I became alarmed lest I should lose my cases in the appellate court by ...
— Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State • Stephen Field; George C. Gorham

... availed of by the contestors of the Edison invention in their desperate effort to defeat his claims. It was all in vain, however, for the decision of the court was in favor of Edison, and his lamp patent was sustained not only by the tribunal of the first resort, but also by the Appellate Court some time afterward. ...
— Edison, His Life and Inventions • Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin



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