appeals court

noun

law

: any one of 13 courts in the U.S. below the Supreme Court

the 9th/Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Examples of appeals court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If the appeals court agrees, Patterson would only be the second woman to receive a full life sentence in Australia, after Katherine Knight, who murdered her de facto husband and cooked parts of his body. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

The settlement comes after an appeals court upheld a $495 million judgment against Abbott in the high-profile case earlier this year. — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

The first of those state-court eligibility decisions, granted in Ohio in early July, was paused by an appeals court this week, blocking it from taking effect. — Justin Williams, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

The 17-page appeals court decision says the data wouldn’t have made a difference. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

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Legal Definition

appeals court

noun

ap·​peals court

: a court that hears appeals

especially : an intermediate level appellate court