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View synonyms for court of appeals
court of appeals
noun
, Law.
- (in the U.S. federal court system and some state court systems) an appellate court intermediate between the trial courts and the court of last resort.
- the highest appellate court of New York State.
- Court of Appeal, British. Supreme Court of Judicature
court of appeals
- Courts, also called appellate courts, that are designed as part of the system of due process . Cases may be presented to these courts if a party is dissatisfied with the original court's decision. An appeal must demonstrate that a new decision is warranted, usually in light of new evidence or a persuasive argument that the Constitution was improperly interpreted. A case may be appealed to successively higher state or federal appellate courts until it reaches the United States Supreme Court . There are twelve federal courts of appeal, each covering a group of states called a “circuit.”
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Origin of court of appeals1
First recorded in 1885–90
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