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Appeal (law)



A losing party may ask a higher court to review a lower courts decision - this is called taking an appeal. Appeals normally focus on questions of law as applied in the case, not questions of fact.









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A proceeding brought to a higher court to review a lower court decision.







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A request to a supervisory court, usually composed of a panel of judges, to overturn the legal ruling of a lower court.







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A formal request for a higher Court to reconsider the decision of a lower Court.







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A request to change a decision.







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A request made after a trial, asking another court to decide whether the trial was conducted properly.







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A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is to appeal or to take an appeal. One who appeals is called the appellant.







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Generally, the request that a court with appellate jurisdiction review the judgment, decision, or order of a lower court and set it aside (reverse it) or modify it; also, the judicial proceedings or steps in judicial proceedings resulting from such a request.







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Application to a higher Court or authority for review of a decision of a lower Court or authority





A request for a case to be looked at again by a higher court. Permission is not always granted. Appeals are possible in civil cases from either the defendant or the claimant but in criminal cases only from the accused.