WordNet
n. a board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appeals [syn: appeal board, board of appeals]
Usage examples of "appeals board".
And it seems like just last week that the cost-conscious county manager declared an urgent need to wipe out the Dade Consumer Advocate's Office, as well as the Fair Housing and Employment Appeals Board.
But a four-member appeals board, after five days of hearings, recommended that no disciplinary action be taken and awarded Wobensmith about $50,000 to reimburse him for his legal fees.
Perhaps his fabrications wouldn't completely convince the interrogators, the D-G or the Appeals Board that I was a traitor, but the result might give them an excuse to discharge me as unreliable without feeling guilty about it.
He tried to hand the appeals board this hardship caper, but it didn't work.