In United States appellate procedure, an appeal is a petition for review of a case that has been decided by a court of law.

In cases where a judge rather than a jury decided issues of fact, an appellate court will apply an " abuse of discretion " standard of review.

The Imam Hasan Ali Shah's mother decided to go to the Qajar court in Tehran to obtain justice for her husband's death and was eventually successful.

( The court decided that Horch was a registered trademark on behalf of August Horch's former partners and August Horch was not entitled to use it any more ).

Kirk for going into the domain of the Unseelie court, where he had been warned not to go, and decided to imprison him in Doon Hill — for one night in May 1692, the Rev.

In Cadillac Motor Car Co. v. Johnson, ( decided in 1915 by the federal appeals court for New York and several neighboring states ), the court held that a car owner could not recover for injuries from a defective wheel, when the automobile owner had a contract only with the automobile dealer and not with the manufacturer, even though there was " no question that the wheel was made of dead and ‘ dozy ‘ wood, quite insufficient for its purposes.

In favor of the supposition that Eusebius changed his opinion from deference to the Count of Anjou, the decided opponent of Berengar and his doctrine, it can be adduced that he did not defend Berengar against the hostilities of the court, and that for a long time he sided with this violent prince.

The court decided in favor of Fust, giving him control over the Bible printing workshop and half of all printed Bibles.

" Judicial economy " most commonly refers to the refusal of a court to decide one or more claims raised in a case, on the grounds that it has decided other claims in the case and that its decision on those claims should satisfy the parties.

When rumours reached the court that they were also planning to impeach the Queen for alleged involvement in Catholic plots Charles decided to arrest them for treason.

He decided to offer a lily of the valley each year to the ladies of the court.

765 in which the court decided that a crime committed under some delusion would only be excused if it would have been excusable had the delusion been true.

Eventually the neighbouring Saxons decided that Wermund was too weak to resist their requests for him to surrender his kingdom, and they sent their emissaries to Wermund's court.

# The position in the court hierarchy of the court which decided the precedent, relative to the position in the court trying the current case.

That is, the issue being judged was already decided by a higher court.

# Once the applicable law is decided, that law must be proved before the forum court and applied to reach a judgment.

By one of Athalaric's own additions to the decree, it was decided that if a disputed election was carried before the Gothic officials of Ravenna by the Roman clergy and people, three thousand solidi would have to be paid into court.

By stating what claims and defenses are at issue, pleadings establish the issues to be decided by the court.

The Commonwealth consisted of a number of clans run by chieftains, and the Althing was a combination of parliament and supreme court where disputes appealed from lower courts were settled, laws were decided, and decisions of national importance were taken.

In 1998, Bordeaux's appeal court decided that Sergio Tornaghi could not be extradited to Italy, on the grounds that Italian procedure would not let him be judged again, after a trial during his absence.

* Recourse against administrative acts of ordinaries and dicasteries ( including some penal cases decided without using a court ),

A specific institution characteristic to Socialist law was the so-called burlaw court ( or, verbally, " court of comrades ", Russian товарищеский суд ) which decided on minor offences.

In 2008, The Times reported that Abramovich admitted that he paid billions of dollars for political favours and protection fees to obtain a big share of Russia's oil and aluminium assets as was shown by court papers The Times obtained.

Professor Ortaylı finds Russia's claim to the title to be only nominal, and that Sultan Mehmed based his court policies and conquests on creating a third, Islamic Rome ( the first Rome being polytheistic, the second one Christian ).

In March 2005 the court issued the first rulings on Chechnya, finding the Russian government guilty of violating the right to life and the prohibition of torture with respect to civilians who had died or been forcibly disappeared at the hands of Russia's federal troops.

Members of the family accepted court appointments under Russia's emperors incompatible with claims to dynastic dignity.

Because his father-Sergey Matveyev-was a notable diplomat, Artamon Matveyev was brought up at the royal court since the age of thirteen, where he would become close friends with Alexius I. Matveyev started his career as a government official, who worked in Ukraine and took part in some of Russia's wars with Poland.

Well known figures who have been rehabilitated include Deng Xiaoping who fell into disgrace during the Cultural Revolution for being a " third roader " but was rehabilitated subsequently and became paramount leader of the People's Republic of China ; and Russia's last Tsar, Nicholas II, and his family, who were all shot dead by Bolshevik revolutionaries in July, 1918, but were rehabilitated by Russia's Supreme court on 1 October 2008.

The twenty-three-member Supreme Court is Russia's highest court of origination and of appeals for consideration of criminal, civil, and administrative cases.

* 1789 – French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.

The court upheld Georgia's refusal to enforce the South Carolina judgment.

Back at court, Lucius receives Cymbeline's refusal of tribute, and warns him of Augustus's wrath.

In cases of incompetent minors, informed consent is usually required from the parent ( rather than the ' best interests standard ') although a parens patriae order may apply, allowing the court to dispense with parental consent in cases of refusal.

Depending on whether or not the beneficiary signed an agreements clause, and whether the test was already taken or not, such a refusal usually has no ill effects ; at worst, the court will simply order the person to take the test as agreed.

On tour in 1986, however, Fogerty suffered complaints over his steadfast refusal to play Creedence songs live and suffered with recurring vocal problems which he blamed on having to testify in court.

The court case stemming from her refusal to give up her seat on the bus, Browder v. Gayle, decided by the U. S. District Court in February, 1956 and then by the United States Supreme Court in December, 1956, ended bus segregation in Alabama.

In November 2006, because he refused to testify before a federal grand jury after the court held that he had no legal basis for his refusal, he was held in civil contempt and imprisoned for his contempt of court by a Virginia district court judge.

His refusal to plead has sometimes been explained as a way of preventing his estate from being confiscated by the Crown, but according to historian Chadwick Hansen, much of Corey's property had already been seized, and he had made a will in prison: " His death was a protest ... against the methods of the court ".

Some weeks it would be due to Mr Glum's refusal to let Ron and Eth marry ( in one episode this is because he is not sure that Ron really loves Eth, in another Eth takes Mr Glum to court because he will not give his consent to the marriage ).

When General Kim informed the king of Admiral Yi's refusal, the admiral's enemies at court quickly insisted on his replacement by General Won Gyun, former commander of the Gyeongsang Province Western Fleet & Commander of the Jeolla Province Ground Forces.

They then persuaded the king to offer Overbury an assignment as ambassador to the court of Michael of Russia, aware that his refusal would be tantamount to treason.

By a 2 – 1 majority, the court ruled the refusal to allow the Basarwa into the Central Kalahari Game Reserve ( CKGR ) without a permit, and the refusal to issue special game licenses to allow the Bushmen to hunt, was " unlawful and unconstitutional ".

Due to their initial refusal to remove the profile after they had been made aware of its existence, Masterson sued Matchmaker in California state court on the grounds of defamation of character, misappropriation of the right of publicity, invasion of privacy and negligence.

Some historians maintain that that Ney's death penalty resulted from the military court's refusal to act in the case ; only the military court could have returned a verdict of " guilty under exceptional circumstances.

There follows a court case in which a young woman calls on Aoibheal to take action against the young men of Ireland for their refusal to marry.

The refusal of the Court to hear the challenges to the lower court decision effectively overturned the earlier 1971 Swann ruling.

Frankfurter's adherence to the judicial restraint philosophy was shown in the 1940 opinion he wrote for the court in Minersville School District v. Gobitis, a case involving Jehovah's Witnesses students who had been expelled from school due to their refusal to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

The court said that allowing selective refusal would " weaken the ties that bind us as a nation ".

The court also said that the refusal to serve in the territories is selective refusal and not conscientious objection.