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What is an Appellant?
a person who applies to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court
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What is the meaning of Appellations?
An 'appellation' is a protected name or title. Usually found on alcoholic beverages where the label indicates the type of ingredients and the region they originate from.… (MORE)
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What is appellate jurisdiction?
Courts with appellate jurisdiction only hear cases that have been brought to them on appeal from a lower court. This means that the case has already gone through one trial bef…ore and because the people involved were unhappy with the decision, they took it to another court to see if another judge thinks differently. (MORE)
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What do appellate courts do?
Appellate courts do not try cases, have juries, witnesses, or court reporters. They review actions or decisions of the trial courts by reviewing the record on questions of law… or allegations of procedural error. In carrying out this review, the appellate courts are restricted to the evidence and exhibits presented at the trial court level. (MORE)
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What does appellate mean?
Appellate implies that it has to do with the appeals process. For instance, an appellate court can hear cases that wish to be appealed.
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What has appellate jurisdiction?
The appelate court circuits AND the Supreme Court of either the state or federal governments - depending in which level of the court system the case was originally heard.
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Who is an appellate lawyer?
An appellate lawyer is one who specializes in handling cases in the Appellate and Supreme Court of the various state and federal court systems. They assume responsibility for …a case once it has moved through the trial phase to determine whether the decision of the trial judge or jury conforms to existing law and legal precedent. (MORE)
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What is appellate system?
The appellate system reviews decisions made by the trial court. For example, suppose a trial court grants a motion to allow certain evidence at trial. The person who did not w…ant the evidence to come in can file an appeal with the appellate courts asking them to determine whether the trial judge should or should not have allowed the evidence in question. (MORE)
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What is an appellate brief?
When a case is resolved by the lower trial court, the losing party can appeal that decision to a higher, reviewing court. The lawyers for each side submit briefs, which are wr…itten versions of their arguments as to why the trial court committed some kind of error. After the appellate judges review the briefs, the lawyers conduct oral argument before the appellate panel of judges. They then render their decision. (MORE)
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What is the appellate process?
The appellate process is the process in which a defendant is tried a second time in a court of law due to errors of law, fact, or procedure.