appellate

[ uh-pel-it ]

/ əˈpɛl ɪt /

of or relating to appeals.

having the power or authority to review and decide appeals, as a court.

Origin of appellate

1720–30; < Latin appellātus called upon, named, appealed to (past participle of appellāre), equivalent to ap- ap-¹ + pell- move, go + -ātus -ate¹

non·ap·pel·late, adjective

The appellate drama that eventually set Kelly Michaels free had its own bizarre twist.

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And Christie, it should be noted, is himself a securities and appellate lawyer.

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We found another seven cases since 2000 in which New York appellate courts overturned mental disability terminations.

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To be sure, cracks are likely to appear as the cases progress through the appellate process.

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Nencini decided that the appellate court that set Knox free erred in evidentiary and legal matters.

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From this decision Mr. Peyton shortly afterwards appealed to the Circuit Court, then the appellate tribunal in such cases.

Memoir of John Howe Peyton |Various
Tribute in the shape of annates went next; the appellate jurisdiction was now to follow.

The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon |J.A. Froude
It cannot bring a case before us in such a manner that we can exercise any kind of appellate jurisdiction in it.

Atrocious Judges |John Campbell, Baron Campbell
Tell him, if you like that all Tammany can't boost him on to the appellate bench if I go after him.

Destiny |Charles Neville Buck
The beginnings of an appellate jurisdiction in the cases of clerics and laymen may be traced before the conversion of the Empire.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9 |Various

appellate

/ (əˈpɛlɪt) /

of or relating to appeals

(of a tribunal) having jurisdiction to review cases on appeal and to reverse decisions of inferior courts

C18: from Latin appellātus summoned, from appellāre to appeal