Court of Appeal

noun

1. a branch of the Supreme Court of Judicature that hears appeals from the High Court in both criminal and civil matters and from the county and crown courts

Example Sentences

But Becky took the decision to the Court of Appeal, which was upheld.

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Last December the High Court of Appeal upheld a corruption conviction and Sarkozy had to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet for six months.

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The local authority won an emergency interim injunction to close the hotel to migrants in the summer, only to have the ruling overturned by the Court of Appeal.

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Mr Sullivan, who has learning difficulties, had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal in May after new DNA tests were carried out.

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The Crown Prosecution Service said while the Court of Appeal accepted the new DNS testing, other grounds of appeal were rejected.

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