appeals court

English

Alternative forms

• appeal court

Noun

appeals court (plural appeals courts)

1. (law) An appellate court, to hear appeals against lower tribunals.
   • 2022 September 26, “Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Snowden”, in Mark Trevelyan, editor, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 September 2022, Europe:

     That year a U.S. appeals court found the program Snowden had exposed was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.

Translations

appellate court — see appellate court