Associations to the word «Appellate»
Noun
- Jurisdiction
- Counsel
- Litigation
- Appeal
- Ruling
- Prosecution
- Jus
- Defendant
- Court
- Tribunal
- Tice
- Brief
- Prosecutor
- Judges
- Verdict
- Sentencing
- Judiciary
- Writ
- Judge
- Advocacy
- Conviction
- Harlan
- Plaintiff
- Chancery
- Circuit
- Justice
- Dept
- Brennan
- Superior
- Injunction
- Jury
- Discretion
- Precedent
- Courtroom
- Solicitor
- Decision
- Lords
- Contention
- Attorney
- Reversal
- Plurality
- Judgment
- Intermediate
- Opinion
- None
- Rules
- Felony
- Petition
- Panel
- Filing
- Deference
- Dissent
- Bench
- Sentence
- Burger
- Stevens
- Statute
- Bankruptcy
- Corpus
- Division
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
APPELLATE, adjective. That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.
APPELLATE COURT, noun. (legal) A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a lower court's decisions.
APPELLATE COURTS, noun. Plural of appellate court
APPELLATE JURISDICTION, noun. (US) (legal) The power of a court to review and potentially modify the decisions made by another court or tribunal.
Dictionary definition
APPELLATE, adjective. Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals); "appellate court".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.