appeal courts
Second-chance tribunals
Appeal courts, also called appellate courts or courts of appeal, are judicial bodies that review decisions made by lower courts to determine whether legal errors occurred.
They do not retry cases or hear new evidence but instead examine whether the law was correctly applied in the original proceeding.
The case went to the appeal court after the defense claimed the judge had improperly excluded key testimony.
Most legal systems have multiple levels of appeal courts, with a supreme or high court serving as the final arbiter.
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First-level judicial bodies
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