appeal court

noun
🔊/əˈpiːl kɔːt/
🔊/əˈpiːl kɔːrt/
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  1. (also court of appeal)
    a court that people can go to in order to try and change decisions that have been made by a lower court上诉法院
    • They took their case to the Appeal Court.他们把案子提交到上诉法院。
    • The guilty verdict was quashed by the appeal court.上诉法院撤销了有罪判决。
    • The case may be heard by a court of appeal next month.该案可能将于下月由上诉法院审理。
    Topics Law and justicec2
  2. Appeal Court
    (also Court of Appeal)
    [singular] the highest court in England and Wales (apart from the Supreme Court), which can change decisions made by a lower court
  3. Appeals Court
    🔊/əˈpiːlz kɔːt/
    🔊/əˈpiːlz kɔːrt/
    (also court of appeal, court of appeals)
    (US English) one of the courts in the US that can change decisions made by a lower court(美国)上诉法院Topics Law and justicec2