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Court of appeals   /kɔrt əv əpˈilz/   Listen
Court of appeals

noun
1.
A court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies.  Synonyms: appeals court, appellate court.



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"Court of appeals" Quotes from Famous Books



... the evidence? Where is it? Where is the evidence? There is not a shred, not a scintilla. On the absence of facts adduced, I shall maintain what I assert until the last armed Court of Appeals expires. Hum! Ha!" ...
— The Paliser case • Edgar Saltus

... Justice in Manila, which is the Court of Appeals in civil and governmental cases for all the islands. There are two principal criminal courts in Cebu and Vigan (northern Luzon) and appeal in criminal cases lies to these courts or to the High Court of Manila. In ...
— The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, • Murat Halstead

... are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council and serve until 70 years of age); Court of Appeals; Sandigan-bayan (special court for hearing ...
— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... Department became a law, by the action of the Legislature, in March, 1865. As the inauguration of the new system would be the downfall of the old, the friends of the latter resolved to resist it. A case was brought before the Court of Appeals, involving the constitutionality of the bill, and the law was sustained. Measures were set on foot to get the new system to work as soon as possible, but, in the meantime, the leaders of the opposition to it endeavored to be revenged, by disbanding the old ...
— The Secrets Of The Great City • Edward Winslow Martin

... Baker's process was not a discovery; because, grinding coffee was as old as the world's knowledge, and winnowing the chaff was equally ancient. The lower court dismissed the bill, because the "patents sued upon are devoid of patentable invention"; and the United States Court of Appeals confirmed ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers



Words linked to "Court of appeals" :   court, tribunal, judicature, appeals court, circuit court of appeals



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