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Definition: Appellate Court |
Appellate CourtNoun1. A court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Appellate CourtSynonyms: appeals court (n), court of appeals (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An appeal as of right is one that is guaranteed by statute or some underlying constitutional or legal principle. The appellate court cannot refuse to listen to the appeal. An appeal by leave requires the appellant to move for leave to appeal; in such a situation the appellate court has the discretion to grant or refuse the appellant's demand to appeal the lower court decision.
Generally speaking the appellate court examines the record of evidence presented in the trial court and the law that the lower court applied and decides whether that decision was legally sound or not. If the appellate court finds no defect, it "affirms" the judgment. If the appellate court does find a legal defect in the decision "below" (i.e., in the lower court), it may "modify" the ruling to correct the defect, or it may nullify ("reverse" or "vacate") the whole decision or any part of it. It may in addition send the case back ("remand" or "remit") to the lower court for further proceedings to remedy the defect. In some cases an appellate court may review a lower court decision de novo (or completely) such as in the case of a pre-trial summary judgment motion to dismiss which is usually based only upon written submissions to the trial court and not on any trial testimony.
Sometimes the appellate court finds a defect in the procedure the parties used in filing the appeal and dismisses the appeal without considering its merits, which has the same effect as affirming the judgment below. (This would happen, for example, if the appellant waited too long, under the appellate court's rules, to file the appeal.) In England and many other jurisdictions, however, the phrase appeal dismissed is equivalent to the U.S term affirmed; and the phrase appeal allowed is equivalent to the U.S. term reversed.
Generally there is no trial in an appellate court, only consideration of the record of the evidence presented to the trial court and all the pre-trial and trial court proceedings are reviewed — in very rare instances new evidence may be considered on appeal if that material evidence was unavailable to a party for some very significant reason such as prosecutorial misconduct. A party who files an appeal is called an appellant, and a party on the other side is an appellee or, in some jurisdictions, a respondent. More than one of the parties to the case in the lower court can appeal the ruling, and when both sides do, they are said to "cross appeal," because each party is both an appellant and an appellee. Sometimes all the parties to the case appeal from the trial court's ruling.
After copies of the record have been made and certified by the court below the appellant has the opportunity to present arguments for the granting of the appeal and the appellee (or respondent) can present arguments against it. Arguments of the parties to the appeal are presented through their appellate lawyers, if represented, or pro se if the party has not engaged legal representation. Those arguments are presented in written briefs and sometimes in oral argument to the court at a hearing. At such hearings each party is allowed a brief presentation at which the appellate judges ask questions based on their review of the record below and the submitted briefs.
It is important to note that in an adversarial system appellate courts do not have the power to review lower court decisions unless a party appeals it. Therefore if a lower court has ruled in an inproper manner or against legal precedent that judgment will stand even if it might have been overturned on appeal.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Appellate court."
Crosswords: Appellate Court |
| English words defined with "appellate court": judicial review ♦ maintain ♦ production ♦ review ♦ Supreme Court ♦ uphold ♦ writ of error. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "appellate court": Posterity. (references) |
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 | Appellate Court Building, New York, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Statue Wisdom, Appellate Court Building, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Statue Force, Appellate Court Building, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Children | Japan | In February revisions to the Juvenile Law went into effect that lowered the age at which children can be held criminally responsible for their actions from 16 to 14. Under juvenile law, juvenile suspects are tried in family court and have the right of appeal to an appellate court. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Russia | The procurator appealed, but the appellate court upheld the lower court's ruling in May, clearing the Scientologists of all charges. (references) |
Kuwait | In addition the Government took steps toward greater equality for Shi'a by instituting a separate appellate court to try Shi'a family law cases and by agreeing to establish an independent Shi'a charity authority comparable to Sunni Awqaf and nongovernmental entities (that formerly controlled all donations going to religious charities). (references) | |
Economic History | Jamaica | The Court of Appeals is the highest appellate court in Jamaica. (references) |
The Bahamas | The Privy Council of the United Kingdom serves as the highest appellate court. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Bangladesh's judiciary is a civil court system based on the British model; the highest court of appeal is the Appellate Court of the Supreme Court. (references) | |
Human Rights | Italy | Defendants may appeal verdicts to the highest appellate court. (references) |
Bangladesh | Rulings of the Appellate Court are binding on all other courts. (references) | |
United Kingdom | An appellate court may overturn the decision on either factual or legal grounds. (references) | |
Minorities | Bulgaria | The Sofia Military Court ruled that Markov was blameless in the incident; an appeal to the Military Appellate Court was pending at year's end. (references) |
Worker Rights | Nicaragua | The CST then appealed that finding to an appellate court. (references) |
Nicaragua | In April an appellate court ruled that the CST board members had been fired improperly. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | POSTERITY, n. An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor. |
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| Language | Translations for "appellate court"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | appelnævn (appeal court). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | beroepsgericht (appeal court). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tribunal d'appel (appeal court), juridiction de second degré. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rechtsmittelinstanz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tribunale d'appello (appeal court, Cantonal Court, Court of Appeal, Superior Court), giudice di seconda istanza. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 控訴裁判所 (appeals court). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うそさいば"しょ (appeals court), "うそはいば"しょ (appeals court). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | appellateay ourtcay tribunal de recurso (appeal court), tribunal de apelação ou recursos. (various references) curte de apel (court of appeal). (various references) апелляционный суд. (various references) tribunal de apelación (court of appeal). (various references) temyiz mahkemesi (Chancery, court of cassation, supreme court). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-l-l-o-p-p-r-t-t-u" | |
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-5 letters: acropetal, altercate, appellate, applecart, electoral, peculator, percolate, perpetual, plutocrat, portulaca, reluctate, urceolate. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 70 70 65 6C 6C 61 74 65 43 6F 75 72 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110000 01110000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01100001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01000011 01101111 01110101 01110010 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A p p e l l a t e   C o u r t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0070 0070 0065 006C 006C 0061 0074 0065 0043 006F 0075 0072 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35828271787867867123781878486 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, danese, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danés, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, olandese, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holandés, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tysker, Duitse, allemand, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, neamţ, немецкий, alemán, alman |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italien, italienisch, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italyanca, italyan |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | Japonais, japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japonés, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | Japonais, japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japonés, Japonca |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portughez, португальский, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumæner, Roemeens, Roumain, rumäne, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumano |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | russer, Russe, russisch, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruso, Rusça |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turque, türkisch, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turco, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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