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report
quasi-judicial tribunal determining the case b : a written submission of a question of law (as by a lower court) to an appellate court for review before final decision is entered c : a usually formal and sometimes
Scale of Costs
the Supreme Court was provided, and these Rules were reenacted in 1883. There is a higher and a lower scale, applicable respectively to the matters specified in the Rules; but costs on the higher scale 'may be
solicitor
(as in insurance) or charitable contributions 2 : a British lawyer who advises clients, represents them in the lower courts, and prepares cases for barristers to try in higher courts 3 : the chief law officer of … in insurance) or charitable contributions 2 : a British lawyer who advises clients, represents them in the lower courts, and prepares cases for barristers to try in higher courts 3 : the chief law officer of a
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Reversal
Reversal, an appellate court's overturning of a lower court's decision, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1320.
trial de novo
a trial in a higher court in which all the issues of fact or law tried in a lower court or tribunal are reconsidered as if no previous trial had taken place compare mistrial
de novo
of federal administrative agencies are generally subject to de novo review in the U.S. District Courts, and some lower state court decisions are subject to de novo review at the next level.
reversal
1 : an act or the process of reversing 2 : an instance of reversing [the of the lower court's decision]
vacate
vacate va·cat·ed va·cat·ing vt 1 : to make void : annul set aside [ a lower court order] 2 a : to make vacant b : to give up the occupancy of vi : to
Appellant
the party appealing; the party resisting the appeal is called the respondent. Means a party who appeals a lower court's decision, usually seeking reversal of that decision, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 95.
procedendo
procedendo [Latin, ablative of procedendum, gerund of procedere to proceed] : an extraordinary writ ordering a lower court to proceed to or execute a judgment
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