noun
US or chiefly Brit court of appeal , pl courts of appeals
[count] law
a court that studies the decisions made by a lower court and decides if they were correct - called also (US) appeals court, (chiefly Brit) appeal court
Court of Appeals US :any one of 13 courts in the U.S. below the Supreme Court
Court of Appeal Brit :the highest court in Britain below the House of Lords
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