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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



... Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (judges are appointed by the president from nominations of the High Council of the Judiciary); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (three members appointed by the president, three appointed by the president ...
— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... was a good deal the elder of her sister, and was of a clear white pallor and an aged delicacy and shyness that were very captivating. She had judgment and a clear, dispassionate brain, and I presume she acted the part in the little firm of a sort of court of appeals and final adviser and referee. She talked little and had little to do with outward affairs, but she sat observant and penetrating and formed conclusions in her mind. There had been no brother of The Blodgett to induce her to change ...
— Hawthorne and His Circle • Julian Hawthorne

... local court is the Court of Appeals based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, ...
— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... number of men to be elected would be comparatively few. The voter would cast his ballot only for his local selectmen or commissioners, a governor, one or more legislative councilmen, the justices of the state court of appeals, and his Federal congressman and executive. The professional politician would be left without a profession. He would have to pass on his power to men who would be officially designated to rule the people for a limited period, and who could not escape ...
— The Promise Of American Life • Herbert David Croly

... 'Horae Ionicae, a Poem descriptive of the Ionian Islands, and part of the adjacent coast of Greece,' (1809), had been Consul-General of the Seven Islands. On his return he became Recorder of Bury St. Edmund's. He was subsequently President of the Court of Appeals in Malta, where he died in 1826. (See Byron's address to him in 'English Bards, ...
— The Works Of Lord Byron, Letters and Journals, Vol. 1 • Lord Byron, Edited by Rowland E. Prothero



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