trial court

noun

: the court before which issues of fact and law are first determined as distinguished from an appellate court

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The federal judge presiding over the legal dispute involving buoys as a deterrent to immigration said the case is complex and won't be settled at the trial court level. —

John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024 The possible outcomes, according to Mendes: The appeals court finds that there are no errors at the trial court level. —

Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2024 After that, Appeals Court judges, including Supreme Court justices, face a retention election every six years and trial court judges face a retention vote every four years. —

Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024 In 2019, a three-judge Ninth Circuit panel reversed a trial court’s dismissal of an earlier version of the Sunday Ticket case. —

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