legal appeal
Higher court review
A legal appeal is a formal request to a higher court to review and potentially reverse a lower court's decision.
The appealing party argues that legal errors affected the outcome—not that new evidence exists or that the judge got the facts wrong.
Appeals focus on whether the law was correctly applied: The defense filed an appeal on constitutional grounds.
Most legal systems limit appeals to questions of law, not fact.
- trial courtFirst-level judicial forum
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- supreme courtApex of judicial hierarchy
- higher courtCourt hearing appeals
- filing deadlineFinal submission date
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First court proceeding
trial · arraignment · preliminary hearing · indictment · first instance
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Unresisting acceptance
concession · settlement · plea agreement · consent decree · capitulation
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