appellate
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to appeals |
| 2. | (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 | |
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Word Origin & History
appellate
"pertaining to appeals," 1768, from L. appellatus, pp. of appellare (see appeal). Appellate jurisdiction is in Blackstone (1768).
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Example sentences
The appellate court responsible for patent cases also tends to be patent-holder-friendly.
Again, the appellate court said she used faulty reasoning to depart from the sentencing guidelines.
He is one of the best pure trial lawyers in town, as well as an appellate expert.
Now the lawyers were planning a new strategy to take before the appellate court.
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