appeals court

English Thesaurus

1. a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies (noun.group)

hypernym	:	court, judicature, tribunal,
definition	:	an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business (noun.group)

hyponym	:	circuit court of appeals,
definition	:	one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit' (noun.group)