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done or writing published which is calculated to bring a Court or a Judge into contempt, or to lower his authority, or to interfere with the due course of justice or the lawful process of the Court,

appeal

appellare] : a proceeding in which a case is brought before a higher court for review of a lower court's judgment for the purpose of convincing the higher court that the lower court's judgment was incorrect ;also : … court for review of a lower court's judgment for the purpose of convincing the higher court that the lower court's judgment was incorrect ;also : a proceeding for the review of an agency decision at a higher level

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Appeal

8 SCC 50: AIR 2003 SC 3224. Means a call to (higher tribunal) for deliverance from decision of lower, Oxford Illustrated Dictionary, p. 54. The transference of a case to higher court for rehearing, Webster Law Dictionary,

remand

mandare to order] vt 1 : to return (a case or matter) from one court to another esp. lower court or from a court to an administrative agency [the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the … pending trial) : turn (a prisoner) over for continued detention vi : to return a case to a lower court or other tribunal [the court ed for resentencing "K. A. Cohen"] n 1 : the act of remanding

error

from or fails to achieve what should be done [procedural s] ;esp : a mistake made by a lower court in conducting judicial proceedings or making findings in a case [to compel to conclusion that a manifest has … right or change the outcome of a trial and does not warrant reversal or other modification of the lower court's decision on appeal invited error : an error resulting from a party's own request for or encouragement of

affirm

swearing an oath to which one conscientiously objects 2 : to uphold the judgment or actions of a lower court [the appeals court ed] af·fir·mance [ə-fər-məns] n af·fir·ma·tion [a-fər-mā-shən] n … assert as true or factual 2 : to assert (as a judgment) as valid or confirmed [ed the lower court's ruling] compare remand, reverse vi 1 : to make a solemn declaration under the penalties of perjury in

jurisdiction

state court. appellate jurisdiction : the jurisdiction granted to particular courts to hear appeals of the decisions of lower tribunals and to reverse, affirm, or modify those decisions compare original jurisdiction in this entry concurrent jurisdiction :

court of appeals

court of appeals often cap C&A : a court hearing appeals from the decisions of lower courts: as a : an intermediate court of the U.S. federal judicial system b : a state appellate

appellate court

appellate court a court that reviews decisions of lower courts. In the federal courts, the primary appellate courts are the U.S. courts of appeals and the U.S.

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