court of appeal
Higher review body
A court of appeal is a higher court that reviews decisions made by lower courts.
It examines whether legal errors occurred in the original trial rather than retrying the facts.
In the U.S., intermediate appellate courts sit between trial courts and supreme courts.
In England and Wales, the Court of Appeal is a specific institution.
The case went to the court of appeal after the verdict.
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- error correctionFixing identified mistakes
- benchShared seating surface
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- judgesLegal proceeding overseers
litigation · verdict · final judgment · overturning · precedent · legal precedent · case law · reversal · remand · majority opinion · dissenting opinion · legal briefs · oral arguments · adjudication · affirm · legal counsel · federal jurisdiction · state jurisdiction
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- legallawyer, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- courtsmagistrates, tribunals
- legal systemsconstitutional law, judiciary, criminal code, penal code, laws
- criminal courtstrials, courtroom, verdicts, defendants, accused
- legal casescivil case, landmark cases, criminal case, federal case, civil cases
court of appealtrial court
First-level judicial forum
lower court · district court · county court · circuit court · municipal court
court, courts, courted, courting, courtly, courtier, courtiers, courtesy, courteous