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appellate

Legal Definition of appellate

Adjective

  1. Pertaining to or having jurisdiction of appeals

    Example: An appellate court

Definition of appellate

Adjective

appellate (not comparable)

  1. Describing something that is appealed to, particularly an appellate court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.

Derived terms

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