on appeal

idiom

—when the judgment of a lower court on a case is reviewed by a higher court

Her conviction was reversed on appeal.

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The Supreme Court in Rome found Knox, a 37-year-old former Italian exchange student, guilty in June 2024 of wrongly accusing bar owner Patrick Lumumba of murdering her 21-year-old English roommate, Meredith Kercher, in 2007 and decided to uphold the verdict on appeal Thursday, according to Reuters. —

Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025 One lawsuit filed last year against UnitedHealth claims that 90% of the algorithm’s recommendations are reversed on appeal. —

Bruce Gil, Quartz, 9 Jan. 2025 Giuliani’s lawyers have predicted that Giuliani will eventually win custody of the items on appeal. —

Melissa Goldin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025 That ruling is currently on appeal at the Nevada Supreme Court, and in case it does not get overturned, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat, says his office filed the new charges in a different venue before the statute of limitations expires. —

Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on appeal