上诉法院

上訴法院

shàngsùfǎyuàn

noun

Measure Word

一个上诉法院 gè

Meanings

1 court of appeals
2 appellate court

Characters

to submit / upward

to sue / accuse

institution / court

Examples

他不服判决，向上诉法院提起上诉。

Tā bù fú pànjué, xiàng shàngsùfǎyuàn tíqǐ shàngsù.

He disagreed with the verdict and filed an appeal with the appellate court.

上诉法院维持了原判。

Shàngsùfǎyuàn wéichí le yuán pàn.

The court of appeals upheld the original ruling.

Tips

usage

Mainland China's hierarchy uses 中级人民法院 (zhōngjí rénmín fǎyuàn) and 高级人民法院 for appeals rather than a court explicitly named 上诉法院. The term 上诉法院 is most often used when discussing common-law systems (the U.S. Court of Appeals, Hong Kong's 上訴法院) or in translated legal text.

Stroke Order

上 shàng

诉 sù

法 fǎ

院 yuàn