An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeals, appeal court, court of appeal, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal.

What do the word appellate mean?

: of, relating to, or recognizing appeals specifically : having the power to review the judgment of another tribunal an appellate court.

What is an example of appellate?

Examples of judicial jurisdiction are: appellate jurisdiction, in which a superior court has power to correct legal errors made in a lower court; concurrent jurisdiction, in which a suit might be brought to any of two or more courts; and federal jurisdiction (as opposed, for example, to state jurisdiction).