appeals board

4.7

A group of officials who hear and decide appeals outside court

noun
/əˈpilz bɔrd/

Formal

: comisión de apelaciones

The appeals board reviewed the employee's grievance and overturned the original decision.

Examples

Applicants can submit their case to the appeals board if they disagree with the initial ruling.
The appeals board meets monthly to consider cases involving license suspensions.
The appeals board will meet next week.
Many cases are reviewed by the appeals board each month.
The local appeals board reviewed the complaint about the new housing development to ensure it met zoning regulations.
After filing for a property tax reduction, he waited for a response from the appeals board.
The appeals board finally decided to overturn the previous ruling regarding the disputed land use.

Synonyms

appeal board

vsappeals board

Formal

1 3.9

A group of officials who review and decide on complaints about decisions

has the identical role but is a common alternative name

board of appeals

vsappeals board

Formal

1 6.0

A group of chosen officials who decide complaints about decisions by authorities

performs the same function but favors a different word order

Surface Forms

appeals board singular

appeals boards plural

Morphology

appeal + board

The meaning is directly compositional: a 'board' (committee) that deals with 'appeals' (requests for review), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a committee hearing appeals. This pattern (board/committee + function) is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English noun-modifier composition, making the term readily understandable to a B1 learner despite minor administrative/legal nuance.

Etymology

Appeals board comes from the simple image of a group of people called a board who listen to appeals, or 'requests to change a decision'. That's why it means 'a committee that hears and decides these requests'.