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the Court of Appeals
noun (also Appeals Court, also Circuit Court of Appeals)Definition
› LAW in the US, a court of law that makes decisions relating to legal cases in which people do not accept the decision of a lower court: State officials hope they can persuade the Court of Appeals in San Francisco to overturn the order.
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