Courts Of Intermediate Review in United States

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Courts that are established to relieve congestion in a state’s highest apellate court (in U.S. law) . (See american court system (in U.S. law).) These courts exercise appellate jurisdiction only, except that in some states they have original jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus (in U.S. law), certiorari (in U.S. law), habeas corpus (in U.S. law), and the like. They have jurisdiction of matters of appeal from the final judgments, orders, or decrees of superior courts (see decree (in U.S. law)), usually in both law and chancery matters. (See chancery court (in U.S. law).) The appellate jurisdiction of intermediate courts is frequently restricted. See also the american court system (in U.S. law);apellate court (in U.S. law) ; superior courts (in U.S. law); inferior courts (in U.S. law); courts of special jurisdiction (in U.S. law).

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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