appeals court

English

Alternative forms
  • appeal court

Noun

appeals court (plural appeals courts)

  1. (law) An appellate court, to hear appeals against lower tribunals.
    • 2022 September 26, “Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Snowden”, in Mark Trevelyan, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 26 September 2022, Europe:
      That year a U.S. appeals court found the program Snowden had exposed was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.

Translations
appellate court — see appellate court
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