APPELLATE Definition & Meaning

appellate

[ uh-pel-it ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Law.

of or relating to appeals.
having the power or authority to review and decide appeals, as a court.

appellate

/ əˈ��ɛ��ɪ�� /

adjective

of or relating to appeals
(of a tribunal) having jurisdiction to review cases on appeal and to reverse decisions of inferior courts

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Other �y��vlog Forms

�Դǲ�a��·��l��ٱ� adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of appellate¹

1720–30; < Latin ��ٳܲ� called upon, named, appealed to (past participle of �� ), equivalent to ap- ap- ¹ + pell- move, go + -��ٳܲ� -ate ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of appellate¹

C18: from Latin ��ٳܲ� summoned, from �� to appeal

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His retirement on March 31, after seven years as an appellate judge, just so happened to fall on Sanders’ last day as a public defender.

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In recent years, federal district and appellate courtsissued injunctions limiting portions of former President Biden’s attempts to forgive student debt and parts of former Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

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A Trump-appointed appellate court judge broke with his colleagues in a California gun case by posting a “dissent video” to YouTube of him manipulating firearms in his judicial chambers.

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“The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”

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The appellate opinion noted the state did not rebut this evidence or show why it could not address those problems.

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