appeal court
noun/əˈpiːl kɔːt/
/əˈpiːl kɔːrt/
- (also court of appeal)a court that people can go to in order to try and change decisions that have been made by a lower court
- They took their case to the Appeal Court.
- The guilty verdict was quashed by the appeal court.
- The case may be heard by a court of appeal next month.
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- Appeal Court(also Court of Appeal)[singular] the highest court in England and Wales (apart from the Supreme Court), which can change decisions made by a lower court
- Appeals Court/əˈpiːlz kɔːt//əˈpiːlz kɔːrt/(also court of appeal, court of appeals)(US English) one of the courts in the US that can change decisions made by a lower courtTopics Law and justicec2
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