Meanings
plural appellate courts
- lawA court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a lower court's decisions.
Synonyms: appeals court, appeal court, court of appeal, court of appeals, court of second instance
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a lower court's decisions.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 上訴法院 /上诉法院
- 上訴法院 /上诉法院 (shàngsù fǎyuàn)court having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Danish landsret
- landsretcourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Dutch hof van beroep, gerechtshof
- hof van beroepcourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
- gerechtshofcourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
- hof van justitiecourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Esperanto apelacia kortumo
- apelacia kortumocourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Finnish valitustuomioistuin, vetoomustuomioistuin
- valitustuomioistuincourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
- vetoomustuomioistuincourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
- muutoksenhakutuomioistuincourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
French cour d'appel
- cour d'appelcourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
German Appellationsgericht, Berufungsgericht
- Appellationsgerichtcourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
- Berufungsgerichtcourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Greek εφετείο
- εφετείο (efeteío)court having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Indonesian pengadilan tinggi
- pengadilan tinggicourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Japanese 控訴裁判所, 控訴院
- 控訴裁判所 (kōso saibansho)court having jurisdiction to hear appeals
- 控訴院 (kōsoin)court having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Malay mahkamah rayuan
- mahkamah rayuancourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Māori Kōti Whakawā Tuarua, Kōti Pīra
- Kōti Whakawā Tuaruacourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
- Kōti Pīracourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Norwegian Bokmål lagmannsrett
- lagmannsrettcourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Polish sąd apelacyjny, sąd drugiej instancji
- sąd apelacyjnycourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
- sąd drugiej instancjicourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Portuguese corte/tribunal de apelação
- corte/tribunal de apelaçãocourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Romanian curte de apel
- curte de apelcourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Russian апелляцио́нный суд
- апелляцио́нный суд (apelljaciónnyj sud)court having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Spanish tribunal de apelación
- tribunal de apelacióncourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Swahili mahakama ya rufani
- mahakama ya rufanicourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Tagalog hukuman sa paghahabol
- hukuman sa paghahabolcourt having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Thai ศาลอุทธรณ์
- ศาลอุทธรณ์ (sǎan-ùt-tɔɔn)court having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Ukrainian апеляці́йний суд
- апеляці́йний суд (apeljacíjnyj sud)court having jurisdiction to hear appeals
Cite this entry
appellate court. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appellate%20court
“appellate court.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appellate%20court. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “appellate court,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appellate%20court.
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