appellate division

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.

Example Sentences

As deployments multiply across the country, experts said they were watching what the appellate division and ultimately the Supreme Court will decide.

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Judges Jennifer Sung of Portland, Ore., and Marsha S. Berzon of San Francisco heard the case alongside Gould — all drawn from the liberal wing of an increasingly split appellate division.

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Porter appealed the decision with the appellate division of the Santa Clara County Superior Court and the decision was reversed, with the superior court at the time ruling that “operating” a cell phone required “active use or manipulation of the device.”

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Trump’s lawyers filed an appeal last week with the New York State Appellate Division of the Supreme Court where they argued New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud lawsuit was an “unauthorized, unprecedented power-grab.”

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Trump is going to appeal, obviously, but I know the judges on the Appellate Division First Department l in Manhattan fairly well.

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