on appeal
idiom
—when the judgment of a lower court on a case is reviewed by a higher court
Her conviction was reversed on appeal.
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The elections commission argued on appeal that Brown did not have standing to seek an appeal in court of the commission’s decision.
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Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
On December 17, on appeal, Mazzant ruled that a nationwide preliminary injunction barring FinCEN from enforcing the CTA would stand.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2025
Famously, Scopes was convicted, and although the conviction was overturned on appeal, the Butler Act, under which he was prosecuted, remained on the books—and was joined by similar laws enacted in Arkansas and Mississippi later in the 1920s.
—Glenn Branch, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Trump told reporters Sunday on Air Force One the rulings could still be overturned on appeal.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
On December 17, on appeal, Mazzant ruled that a nationwide preliminary injunction barring FinCEN from enforcing the CTA would stand.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2025
Famously, Scopes was convicted, and although the conviction was overturned on appeal, the Butler Act, under which he was prosecuted, remained on the books—and was joined by similar laws enacted in Arkansas and Mississippi later in the 1920s.
—Glenn Branch, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Trump told reporters Sunday on Air Force One the rulings could still be overturned on appeal.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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“On appeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20appeal. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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