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appellate (adjective) (not comparable)
Descriptive of an issue that can be appealed: An appellate concern usually involves a higher court that hears appeals of decisions made by a lower court.
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appellate court (s) (noun), appellate courts (pl)
A court that hears appeals that come from lower courts: Appellate courts typically do not try criminal cases.
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appellate jurisdiction (s) (noun), appellate jurisdictions (pl)
An authority who rehears cases from lower courts: An appellate jurisdiction has the duty to alter, uphold, or overturn lower court decisions.
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appellate review (s) (noun), appellate reviews (pl)
A comprehensive rehearing of a case in a court other than the one in which it was previously tried: An appellate review involves the examination of the record of a cases from a legal standpoint, and not from factual information.
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