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Definition of Court of appeals
1. Noun. A court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies.
Generic synonyms: Court, Judicature, Tribunal
Specialized synonyms: Circuit Court Of Appeals
Lexicographical Neighbors of Court Of Appeals
Literary usage of Court of appeals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"In Error to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
... A Judgment for plaintiff \vas affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals ..."
2. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"The salary of each Chief Judge, and of the Judge of the Court of Appeals from
the City of Baltimore, shall be three thousand five hundred dollars, ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Selleck, 33 NY (Court of Appeals), 615, where the precise point was decided; see,
opinion of Porter, J., p. 618 ; Coot v. Litchfield, 9 NY, 280, ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The circuit court of appeals, established in rS-oi, deals with appeals from ...
The review by the circuit court of appeals is effected by appeal or by writ ..."
5. The United States of America: A Study in International Organization by James Brown Scott (1920)
"Fifty-six cases in all, including the eleven which went over, were submitted to
the Court of Appeals, and all were disposed of. ..."
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