Terms Used In CFR > Title 29 > Subtitle A > Part 7 > Subpart A - Purpose and Scope

• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.