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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Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 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

There are two higher courts above the appellate division, culminating in the Supreme Court, but Griner’s lawyers said they had not decided whether to take the case any further.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022

Court of Appeals and earlier spent 13 years as chief of the appellate division of the U.S. attorney’s office, died Sept. 5 at a health-care facility in Bethesda, Md. He was 88.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2021

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