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appellate division

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noun

Law.
  1. the section of a court that hears appeals, sometimes existing as an intermediate court between a trial court and a court of last resort.


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Dueñas, a 2019 ruling from the state’s appellate division that found imposing mandatory fines on indigent people ran afoul of the 8th Amendment, which prohibits excessive fines along with cruel and unusual punishment.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2025

Bader said that after sentencing, Trump’s defense team could file a notice of appeal and submit briefs to the appellate division.

From Salon May 30, 2024

One of her professors, Derek Bok, set up an interview for her at the National Labor Relations Board, where she spent two years in its appellate division after she received her law degree in 1962.

From New York Times Mar. 27, 2023

Habba filed a notice of appeal Wednesday with the appellate division of the state’s trial court seeking to overturn Engoron’s contempt ruling.

From Seattle Times Apr. 29, 2022

From the decisions of these courts appeals may be made to the appellate division of the Supreme Court.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

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