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What is "appeals court"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
appeals court
noun
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▪ A federal appeals court has lifted the injunction, allowing for extraditions until the constitutionality of the statute is decided next year.
▪ A legal challenge was launched by the Defenders of Wildlife group and other bodies, and upheld by the federal appeals court.
▪ Although the appeals court was unanimous in reversing the lower court, the judges each had different reasons for their conclusions.
▪ The Louisiana legislation had also been declared unconstitutional in September by a federal appeals court.
▪ The students claimed that their rights under the Equal Access Act were violated, and a federal appeals court agreed.
Wiktionary
appeals court

n. (context legal English) appellate court

WordNet
appeals court

n. a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies [syn: appellate court, court of appeals]

Usage examples of "appeals court".

You take how many cases lose in the district court and win on appeal because that's where this Second Circuit Appeals Court's got a real appetite for cutting down the court below so maybe you play to that.

A federal appeals court found that Sellers might have been “.

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The appeals court enjoins the trial court from proceeding with the matter.

In a rather wordy majority opinion, the appeals court ruled that there had been no criminal intent, the defendants had acted in good faith throughout, and therefore no actual crime had been committed.