COURTS OF  APPEALS - Black's Law Dictionary

What is COURTS OF  APPEALS? Definition of COURTS OF  APPEALS in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.

A system of courts of the United  States  (one in each circuit)  created by act of congress, composed of three or more judges (provision being made also  for the  allotment of the justices of the supreme court  among the circuits),  and having  appellate jurisdiction as defined by statute. 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 41-48, 1291-1294. Court of Appeals  of the District  of Columbia  was held to be Circuit Court of Appeals, Swift & Co. v. U. S., App.D.C., 276 U. S. 311, 48 S.Ct. 311, 313, 72 L. Ed. 587.

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