§ 62-90 Right of appeal
§ 62-91 Appeal docketed; title on appeal; priorities on appeal
§ 62-92 Parties on appeal
§ 62-93 No evidence admitted on appeal; remission for further evidence
§ 62-94 Record on appeal; extent of review
§ 62-95 Relief pending review on appeal
§ 62-96 Appeal to Supreme Court
§ 62-97 Judgment on appeal enforced by mandamus
§ 62-98 Peremptory mandamus to enforce order, when no appeal

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 62 > Article 5 - Review and Enforcement of Orders

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Commission: means the North Carolina Utilities Commission. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means a corporation, individual, copartnership, company, association, or any combination of individuals or organizations doing business as a unit, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, lessee, or personal representative thereof. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.