Definition
The legal equivalent of asking to speak to the manager, except the manager is a higher court and they actually have to listen to your complaint. It's when you tell a superior court that the lower court got it wrong, please fix it, accompanied by a brief that's neither brief nor particularly fun to read. The last hope of the legally aggrieved and the reason law schools have entire courses on appellate procedure.
Example Usage
We're filing an appeal because apparently losing once wasn't enough—we'd like to lose again at a higher, more expensive level.
Source: Legal procedure terminology
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