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forensic: appeal


The process by which a trial court's determinations of law are reviewed by a court with authority to find error and direct further corrective action.*

Also: appellant, appellate, appellee

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*Committee on Psychiatry and Law, of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry The Mental Health Professional and the Legal System Paperback 1992 American Psychiatric Press



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