judicial panel
Judges deciding together
A judicial panel is a group of judges assembled to hear and decide a case, typically in appellate courts where multiple judges review lower court decisions together.
The term also refers to groups of judges assigned to oversee particular types of cases: The judicial panel on multidistrict litigation consolidated the lawsuits.
Panel alone often suffices in legal contexts.
- rulingFormal legal determination
- benchShared seating surface
- circuit courtRegional appellate tribunal
- court of appealsTribunal reviewing lower rulings
- recusalWithdrawal for bias concerns
tribunal · International Criminal Court · appeal · appellate court · quorum · judge · black robes · majority opinion · deliberation · dissenting opinion · impartiality · oral argument · legal brief · constitutional law · robes · administrative law · opinion · decision
- courtsfamily court, civil court, district court, criminal court, circuit court
- official gatheringsparliament, senate, council, legislature, convention
- court rulingsrulings, divorce decree, judgments, annulment, verdicts
- official misconductmalfeasance, ethics violation, misconduct, misfeasance, nonfeasance
- appellate courtsappellate court, appeals court, court of appeals, circuit court, appeals process
judicial paneldefendant
Party facing charges
litigant · accused · plaintiff · petitioner · respondent