on appeal

idiom

when the judgment of a lower court on a case is reviewed by a higher court
Her conviction was reversed on appeal.

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Recent Examples on the Web Google will seek to have the trial court’s decision overturned on appeal, and the final judicial resolution of this case is far from certain. Alden Abbott, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 While out on appeal, Dawkins took his case to the court of public opinion, serving as the first-person narrator in the HBO documentary, The Scheme. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2024 The case being heard on appeal Friday was the first to go to trial but actually the second lawsuit that Carroll brought against Trump, as the first—which later resulted in the $83.3 million judgment—got tied up in court for years before going to trial. Alison Durkee, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 Owens had two different death sentences overturned on appeal only to end up back on death row. CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on appeal 

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“On appeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20appeal. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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