- (also court of appeal)
a court that people can go to in order to try and change decisions that have been made by a lower court 上诉法院 They took their case to the Appeal Court. 他们把案子提交到上诉法院。 The guilty verdict was quashed by the appeal court. 上诉法院撤销了有罪判决。 The case may be heard by a court of appeal next month. 该案可能将于下月由上诉法院审理。
- Appeal Court(also Court of Appeal)[singular]
the highest court in England and Wales (apart from the Supreme Court), which can change decisions made by a lower court 上诉法院: 英格兰和威尔士的最高法院(最高法院除外),可以改变下级法院的决定 - (also court of appeal, court of appeals)(US English)
one of the courts in the US that can change decisions made by a lower court Topics Law and justicec2(美国)上诉法院