appellate

Definition of Appellate in English :

1. appellant, appellate

of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)

Example Sentences:
'appellate court'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Appellate

adjective law

1.

of or relating to appeals

2.

(of a tribunal) having jurisdiction to review cases on appeal and to reverse decisions of inferior courts

adjective

Law

relating to or having jurisdiction to review appeals

an appellate court

adj.

Of or relating to the review of a decision of a lower court by a higher court.