appeal process
Formal dispute procedure
An appeal process is a formal procedure for challenging a decision by requesting review from a higher authority.
Courts have appeal processes for contesting verdicts; organizations have them for disputing rulings on employment, benefits, or membership.
The insurance company denied her claim, but she's going through the appeal process.
- reconsiderationRenewed evaluation of something
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
- appellate courtTribunal reviewing lower decisions
- court of appealsTribunal reviewing lower rulings
- higher courtCourt hearing appeals
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- Chinese lawcriminal code, marriage law, inheritance law, judicial reform, penal servitude
- court proceduresbail hearings, civil procedure, bench trials, criminal procedure, jury instructions
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, jobless, joblessness, unemployment rate
appeal processfirst instance
Earliest example of something
initial hearing · trial phase · preliminary hearing · arraignment
appeal processsettlement
Resolved dispute or colony
plea bargain · mediation · arbitration · dismissal · summary judgment