court of appeals
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5.0
- noun
- /kɔrt əv əˈpils/
- Formal
:
tribunal de apelaciones
- Today, a D.C. court of appeals handed down the final judgement on ex-astronaut Brian Harper's wrongful termination suit against NASA, his former employer.
- federal court of appeals
- court of appeals decision
- court of appeals judge
The girls won in front of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which is huge.
- The girls won in front of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which is huge.
- And when, I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do, all I can do is refer you straight to the full Court of Appeal from this doc.
- The case of what's in the box, where Judge Cardozo, who was initially on the New York Court of Appeals, eventually went to the Supreme Court.
- Missus Pulsgraph wins again, and finally the case makes its way all the way up to New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals.
- The last point was that they said the Court of Appeal, they appealed.
- Well, we ended up going, they got a state at the Court of Appeal that was reversed.
- It was settled by a court of law by the by the Court of Appeal, no less.
- It's unlawful and they said, well, have the High Court has the Court of Appeal written to you?
- Together we walked to the front of the Court of Appeal and I'm waving my fist and I'm shouting.
- So the first thing I will read to inform myself is what other judges have said about the case, what the trial court judge said, the Court of Appeals.
Examples
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The Supreme Court overturned the decision of the court of appeals and invalidated the military commissions established by the president.
Academic text (2007) -
The court of appeals has reversed the TWA judgment.
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"I had one case that went to the court of appeals and made law."
Academic text (1996) -
Every federal court of appeals to have considered the issue has taken a similar position.
Academic text (2017) -
The girls won in front of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which is huge.
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Both the district court and the court of appeals denied the government's request.
Academic text (2007) -
There are 13 federal judicial circuits, each with its own separate court of appeals and set of judges.
Blog text (30) -
The court of appeals barred the plaintiffs' claims for pure economic losses in the Testbank appeal.
Academic text (1990) -
The court of appeals ruled in favor of the defendant, reversing the original decision.
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After reviewing the evidence, the court of appeals upheld the lower court's ruling.
Synonyms
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4.4
A court that reviews and decides on cases from lower courts
21
7.4
A court that reviews and can change decisions of lower courts
1
5.7
A federal court that reviews cases from lower courts in a group of states
How High
- US
656
3.1
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Formal
18
5.0
12
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'court' (a forum for judges) combined with 'appeal' (a petition for review) linked by 'of' yields a court that handles appeals. This follows a standard noun-of-noun pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Court of appeals comes from the simple image of a court where judges hear appeals — requests for another look at a decision. So, it means a place that 'reviews' and can 'overturn' decisions made by lower courts.