on appeal

idiom

—when the judgment of a lower court on a case is reviewed by a higher court

Her conviction was reversed on appeal.

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The other verdict, for more than $83 million in her earlier defamation case, is also on appeal. —

Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2024 Trump has also faced criminal charges in two federal cases and one Georgia state case, although one of the federal cases has been on appeal since being dismissed, and the Department of Justice is weighing dropping both federal cases in light of Trump's election victory. —

Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024 The government did not address Trump’s campaign remarks about Cannon or any of her other decisions in the documents case, where the dismissal is on appeal. —

David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2024 Painful Lessons Most cases are settled, and even cases that go to verdict often settle on appeal. —

Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on appeal