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appellate court

NOUN
  1. a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies

How To Use appellate court In A Sentence

  • An Ohio appellate court last week reversed a lower court ruling that the city's pernicious treatment of marijuana users was unconstitutional under state law.
  • Eighteen months later an appellate court reversed the convictions and criticized the conduct of the trial judge and the prosecution.
  • However, the appellate court ruled the zoning board initially denied the permit because Orange Stones wanted to operate a hospital, even though the company insisted the rehabilitation center was a nonhospital facility. Berks county news
  • That is so, in the same way that if after a verdict of guilty an appellate court concludes that the conviction is unsafe and unsatisfactory it quashes the jury's verdict.
  • The appellate court, though it reversed the defendant's trial court victory, agreed that such an argument could be pursued.
  • The San Ramon, Calif., company said Friday that the appeal, called a petition for cassation, "details multiple legal grounds for reversal of the January appellate court decision. Chevron Appeals Ecuadorean Ruling
  • A state appellate court ruled that federal law pre-empted the state claims.
  • What he does believe is that antisodomy laws should remain on the books when they have been legislated into place and not be overturned by appellate courts. Mind Meld Make-Up Test: Orson Scott Card on Young Adult Fiction
  • Last May, an appellate court allowed the city to seize two buildings.
  • The federal appellate courts are vastly undermanned, largely because Congress blocks more judicial nominees than it confirms.
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