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Definition court of appeal in British English

court of appeal noun

[countable] noun
1

a court of law that has the power to hold appeals (=cases that are judged again because someone was not satisfied with the original judgment) and to change a decision made made by another court

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1.1

in England and Wales, a court that hears civil and criminal appeals and is the second highest court in the system

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Definition court of appeal in British English