court of appeals
(US)
noun
or chiefly British
court of appeal
plural
courts of appeals
court of appeals
(US)
noun
or chiefly British
court of appeal
plural
courts of appeals
Britannica Dictionary definition of COURT OF APPEALS
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law
1
:
a court that studies the decisions made by a lower court and decides if they were correct
— called also
(US)
appeals court, (chiefly British)
appeal court
2
Court of Appeals
US
:
any one of 13 courts in the U.S. below the Supreme Court
3
Court of Appeal
British
:
the highest court in Britain below the House of Lords