appellate procedure

To authorize means to grant authority; to empower. It may also mean to formally or officially approve.

[Last reviewed in June of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]

Avowal is a declaration made by an attorney during the trial process.

• evidence
• evidentiary hearing
• EVIDENCE LAW

Bill of exceptions is a formal written document in which a party objects to a judge's decision or relevant evidence at trial.

The Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA) is an administrative appeals board of the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) that adjudicates U.S.

To be capricious is to have an unpredictable, sudden, and unaccountable change in attitude or behavior. 

Caption is a heading required on all pleadings (court documents) submitted to the court.

A case is a civil or criminal proceeding at law or in equity.

Overview

Certiorari simply defined is a “writ” by which a higher court (such as an appellate court) reviews some lower court’s decision (such as a district court). 

• appellate jurisdiction
• Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
• appellate practice
• Supreme Court
• certiorari

Circuit riding is the act undertaken by judges, who would often travel between towns within a judicial district (previously known as a circuit) to hear cases in each town. Now, this practice has largely been discontinued.

[Last reviewed in July of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team]