appellate division

American  

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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appellate division

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

Lawyers for the Trumps want the appellate division of the state’s trial court to overturn Engoron’s Feb. 17 ruling and invalidate James’ subpoenas seeking their testimony.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022

The county court now has four court rooms, the supreme court ten, the appellate division one, and the appellate term one—in all sixteen.

From Down Town Brooklyn A Report to the Comptroller of the City of New York on Sites for Public Buildings and the Relocation of the Elevated Railroad Tracks now in Lower Fulton Street, Borough of Brooklyn by