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Appellate

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court. not-comparable

    "In this game of bluff and counter-bluff, the parlementaires calculated that their absence – which entailed much of the country being without an appellate jurisdiction – would force the government to treat for terms."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) wordnet

Etymology

From Latin appellātus.

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