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Meaning of "lower court" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF LOWER COURT

ˈləʊə kɔːt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOWER COURT

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Lower court is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOWER COURT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lower court

A lower court is a court from which an appeal may be taken. In relation to an appeal from one court to another, the lower court is the court whose decision is being reviewed, which may be the original trial court or an appellate court lower in rank than the superior court which is hearing the appeal. In an absolute sense, a lower court is always the trial court; where an appellate court is describing the actions under review from the lower court, it is referring to the court that examined the evidence and testimony directly and made rulings upon it, rather than any intermediate appellate courts. However, a court that functions as a trial court in some instances may still be above another court. Relative to other trial courts, a lower court is a court of limited jurisdiction, especially one that is limited to hearing minor offenses, or civil actions involving a limited amount, as distinct from a superior court. In the United States, most states have two levels of trial courts, and two levels of appellate courts.

Definition of lower court in the English dictionary

The definition of lower court in the dictionary is any court other than the highest court in a jurisdiction.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOWER COURT

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOWER COURT

lower abdomen · lower animals · Lower Austria · lower back · Lower California · Lower Canada · lower case · lower chamber · lower class · lower classes · lower criticism · lower deck · Lower Egypt · lower house · Lower Hutt · lower jaw · Lower Karoo · Lower Lakes · lower leg · lower limb

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOWER COURT

Boulogne-Billancourt · circuit court · county court · criminal court · district court · divorce court · family court · Federal court · go to court · juvenile court · kangaroo court · moot court · out of court · Port Harcourt · Prix Goncourt · superior court · Supreme Court · tennis court · the ball is in your court · traffic court · trial court

Synonyms and antonyms of lower court in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lower court» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOWER COURT

Find out the translation of lower court to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lower court from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lower court» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

下级法院
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

tribunal de primera instancia
570 millions of speakers
en

English

lower court
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

निचली अदालत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محكمة أدنى
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

суд низшей инстанции
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

tribunal de primeira instância
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

নিম্ন আদালত
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

tribunal inférieur
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mahkamah rendah
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Vorinstanz
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

下級裁判所
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

하급 법원
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pengadilan dhasar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tòa án cấp dưới
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கீழ் நீதிமன்றம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लोअर कोर्ट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Alt mahkeme
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

tribunale di grado inferiore
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

sąd niższej instancji
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

суд нижчої інстанції
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

instanțe inferioare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατώτερο δικαστήριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laer hof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

underrätten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lavere domstol
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lower court

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOWER COURT»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lower court

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOWER COURT»

Discover the use of lower court in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lower court and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Scoring Points: Politicians, Activists, and the Lower ...
This book explores how the lower federal court appointment process became vastly politicized in the modern era.
Nancy Scherer, 2005
2
Picking Federal Judges: Lower Court Selection from Roosevelt ...
How are these judges chosen? In this landmark book, a leading authority on lower federal court judicial selections tells the story of how nine presidents over a period of fifty-six years have chosen federal judges.
Sheldon Goldman, 1999
3
The Supreme Court and Benign Elite Democracy in Japan
Justice Dando would go one step further to foster creativity among lower court judges. He argued that lower courts could not be creative if bound by Supreme Court opinions written in unmistakably plain language. The opinion of the Supreme ...
Professor Hiroshi Itoh, 2013
4
Public Opinion and the Rehnquist Court
Whether or not a lower court decision agrees with American public opinion also helps to predict whether the Supreme Court will uphold or overturn a lower court decision, once certiorari has been granted. If a lower court decision agreed with ...
Thomas R. Marshall, 2009
5
Judicial Politics: Readings from Judicature
the Rehnquist Court affirmed a higher percentage of conservative lower court cases than did the Burger Court (61 percent vs. 37.5 percent) as Table 7 shows. What is surprising is that it also affirmed a higher percentage of liberal lower court  ...
Elliot E. Slotnick, 1999
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Concurring Opinion Writing on the U.S. Supreme Court
Perhaps the only surprising result in Table 4.2 is the finding that reluctant concurrences have no impact on compliance by the lower court. The hypothesis that reluctant concurrences would weaken compliance behavior seemed well founded, ...
Pamela C. Corley, 2010
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Foundations of Legal Research and Writing
Because the fact finder in the lower court was in the best position to decide what the facts were, the appellate court defers to the trial court's decision on the facts; therefore, the appellate court does not substitute itsjudgment for that of the trial ...
Carol Bast, Margie Hawkins, 2012
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Strategic Choice of Legal Instruments in the United States ...
United States (523 U.S. 296), lower court addresses statutory and constitutional provisions while the Supreme Court focuses on the constitutional issue. Forney v. Apfel (524 U.S. 266)*, Ohio Forestry Association v. Sierra Club (523 U.S. 726)*, ...
Nora Y. Ng, 2009
9
Strategic Behavior and Policy Choice on the U.S. Supreme Court
However, additional models might also be developed that incorporate other kinds of judicial institutions. One obvious possibility involves the incorporation of a lower court with strategic judges in our model of Supreme Court decision-making.
Thomas H. Hammond, Chris W. Bonneau, Reginald S. Sheehan, 2005
10
Institutional Games and the U.S. Supreme Court
However, this literature focused only on salient cases that were likely to receive Court scrutiny: anticipating higher-level review, lower-court judges may have been more likely to comply with Supreme Court decisions. But it may be less likely ...
James R. Rogers, Roy B. Flemming, Jon R. Bond, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOWER COURT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lower court is used in the context of the following news items.
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Appeals court reverses lower court on Missouri lawmaker's case …
ST. LOUIS • A federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court's rejection of a challenge to the Affordable Care Act brought by a Missouri ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
2
Appeals court reverses lower court on Missouri lawmaker case
LOUIS (AP) — A federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court's rejection of a challenge to the Affordable Care Act brought by a Missouri ... «Maryville Daily Forum, Jul 15»
3
New York Court: Flood Sub-Limit in Policy Applies to Delay Loss
A five-judge panel of the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division reached its unanimous decision on July 7, affirming a lower court ruling from ... «Insurance Journal, Jul 15»
4
Google Follows Newegg In Going Over East Texas Court's Head To …
We remind the lower court that any familiarity that it has gained with the underlying litigation due to the progress of the case since the filing of ... «Techdirt, Jul 15»
5
Salman Khan's trial under Arms Act in Jodhpur court adjourned till …
The high court has stayed the trial in the lower court until a criminal miscellaneous petition moved by Salman in the high court was decided. «Firstpost, Jul 15»
6
NAACP, black Fayette residents seek court's aid to stop at-large voting
But district voting is up in the air now since an appeals court sent the case back to the lower court for a trial. A trial date has not been set yet. «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jul 15»
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State Court: Nothing 'Stale' About Evidence Nearly A Quarter …
The lower court had some issues with the breadth of the warrants, but managed to talk itself out of its queasier feelings. The court agreed there ... «Techdirt, Jul 15»
8
High court rules for Concord First | Chadds Ford Live
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on July 20 overturned lower court decisions that kept a referendum off last November's ballot in Concord ... «Chadds Ford Live, Jul 15»
9
Chesapeake ordered to pay some investors another $438.7 million …
The district court initially ruled with Chesapeake, but the appellate court reversed and remanded the case to the lower court to decide the ... «State Journal, Jul 15»
10
New Jersey High Court Rules “Watchdog” Employees Protected …
In so ruling, the Court rejected a well-established line of lower court cases holding that activities which are part and parcel of an employee's ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
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