(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decis…
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A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates.
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