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Appellate jurisdiction

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000537

The power of a higher court to review and revise the decisions of a lower court or administrative agency. This jurisdiction is limited to examining questions of law and procedure, not typically re-evaluating facts or hearing new evidence. Most cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court through its appellate jurisdiction.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000537
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000537",
  "term": "Appellate jurisdiction",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The power of a higher court to review and revise the decisions of a lower court or administrative agency. This jurisdiction is limited to examining questions of law and procedure, not typically re-evaluating facts or hearing new evidence. Most cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court through its appellate jurisdiction.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/appellate-jurisdiction/"
}

Record 319 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.