Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
appellate jurisdiction
The power of a court to review and revise a lower court's decision. ( For example, U.S. Const. art. III, § 2 vests appellate jurisdiction in the Su-preme Court, while 28 USCA §§ 1291-1295 grant appellate jurisdiction to lower federal courts of appeals. Cf. original jurisdiction.