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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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That case is under review by a larger panel of the appellate division, with a decision expected early next year.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

The lawyers wrote that if the appellate division of the Manhattan Supreme Court considers denying their requested stay, it should allow for oral arguments on the issue.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 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

“We must meet a very high standard of connecting a given person to a given gun,” said Chrisellen Kolb, the chief of the appellate division for the U.S. attorney’s office in the District.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 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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