appellate court
Definition
Higher court which hears the appeals against the lower courts' judgments. Appellate courts usually have a bench comprising of two or more judges, and their decisions set precedents which are collectively called judge made law or case law.
appellate court is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
appellate court appears in the definitions of the following terms:
remand,
supersedeas bond,
statute law,
clear error,
precedent,
appeal bond,
writ of certiorari,
notice of appeal,
mistake of law,
stare decisis
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