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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.