Court of Appeal

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ˌCourt of Apˈpeal noun [singular]  SCLthe highest law court in Britain apart from the House of Lords 〔英国的〕上诉法院

Examples from the Corpus

Court of Appeal• Finally, the question arises whether this application should have been made to the Court of Appeal.• The Court of Appeal had held that there was no trade dispute and so no protection for the trade union officials.• The Court of Appeal held that the accused had a duty to provide information as to the status of his patients.• The Court of Appeal sat on 28 October 1991 and gave judgment on 12 November.From Longman Business DictionaryCourt of AppealˌCourt of Apˈpeal (also Appeal Court) noun [singular]LAW in Britain, the highest court of law that makes decisions about criminal and CIVIL cases that have been decided by lower courts but where people are not happy about the decision made. Appeals against a judgement in the Court of Appeal are heard in the HOUSE OF LORDS

ˌCourt of Apˈpeal nounChineseSyllable  

from apart court law Britain highest Corpus Business the of in the House

Court of Appeal
ˌCourt of Apˈpeal noun [singular]
the highest law court in Britain apart from the House of Lords

court of appealBrE /ˌkɔːt əv əˈpiːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkɔːrt əv əˈpiːl/ 🔊 noun (

plural

courts 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  ➡  see also appellate court ˌCourt of Apˈpeal [singular] (BrE) the highest court in Britain (apart from the Supreme Court), that can change decisions made by a lower court （英国）上诉法院（仅次于最高法院的司法机构）ˌCourt of Apˈpeals [countable] (US) one of the courts in the US that can change decisions made by a lower court （美国）上诉法院