All 3 Uses
appellate
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- His career had been spectacularly successful, and he'd advanced from wealthy courtroom lawyer to distinguished appellate judge.†
Chpt 6. *
- As an appellate court judge he had never had to look a defendant in the eye; he'd just reviewed the law in a detached way.†
Chpt 8.
- He had affirmed death sentences from his seat on an appellate bench, and that had not been easy—even for men who had richly deserved their fates.†
Chpt 14.
Definitions:
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(1)
(appellate) of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals as in when specifying an appellate court; i.e., one that hears an appeal to the decision of a lower court)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)