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Grounds of appeal

Meaning in law, with examples

nounCommon term

In law, grounds of appeal means: The specific legal or factual reasons an appellant gives for saying that a lower court's decision was wrong.

In Turkish: istinaf sebepleri, temyiz sebepleri, kanun yolu sebepleri

How it is used

Grounds are usually numbered and set out in the appeal notice: 'Ground 1: the judge erred in law…'. Lawyers 'draft', 'advance' or 'rely on' grounds, and courts decide each ground separately. An appeal may succeed on one ground and fail on others.

Example sentences

  1. The grounds of appeal focus on how the judge interpreted clause 9.

  2. Permission was granted on two of the four grounds of appeal.

Common collocations

  • draft grounds of appeal
  • rely on grounds of appeal
  • amended grounds of appeal
  • the grounds of appeal succeed
  • appealTo ask a higher court to review and change the decision of a lower court; also used as a noun for this request.
  • appellantThe party who appeals against a court or tribunal decision, asking a higher court to change or cancel it.
  • leave to appealPermission from a court that, in many common law systems, a party must obtain before it can bring an appeal.
  • court of appealA court that reviews the decisions of lower courts when a party says the judge made a mistake, and can confirm, change or cancel those decisions.
  • overturnTo officially cancel or reverse a decision of a lower court, so that it no longer has any effect.

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