Appellate Definition

ə-pĕlĭt
adjective
Of or relating to the review of a decision of a lower court by a higher court.
American Heritage
Relating to or having jurisdiction to review appeals.
An appellate court.
Webster's New World
Relating to a specific appeal or to appeals in general.
Webster's New World Law

That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.

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Origin of Appellate

  • Latin appellātus past participle of appellāre to entreat appeal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin appellātus.

    From Wiktionary

Appellate Sentence Examples

  • The judges have appellate jurisdiction of cases civil and criminal coming up from the lower courts.

  • The original jurisdiction of the circuit courts extends to all cases both civil and criminal not exclusively conferred upon some other court, and they have appellate jurisdiction in all suits and actions begun in the lower courts.

  • It was he who first entrusted criminal jurisdiction to Europeans, and established the Nizamat Sadr Adalat, or appellate court of criminal judicature, at Calcutta; and it was he who separated the functions of collector and judge.

  • The district courts have original jurisdiction in all actions and matters not expressly vested in some other court and appellate jurisdiction in cases arising in the lower courts.

  • From it appeals can be made to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

ETEATE

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