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Appellate court

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000536

A court that reviews decisions made by lower courts or administrative tribunals, rather than conducting new trials or hearing new evidence. Its primary function is to determine whether legal errors occurred during the previous proceedings. These courts typically focus on questions of law and procedure, not on re-evaluating facts.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000536
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A court that reviews decisions made by lower courts or administrative tribunals, rather than conducting new trials or hearing new evidence. Its primary function is to determine whether legal errors occurred during the previous proceedings. These courts typically focus on questions of law and procedure, not on re-evaluating facts.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/appellate-court/"
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Record 318 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.