§ 1 Appeals court; establishment
§ 2 Justices; salaries; expenses; limitation of practice
§ 3 Quorum; panels; presiding justice
§ 4 Sitting of court; quarters and facilities; sessions
§ 5 Powers and authority; jurisdiction
§ 6 Clerk and assistant clerks; terms; salaries
§ 7 Estimate for maintenance of court and revenue
§ 8 Clerk to serve as administrative officer; cost of maintaining office; duties
§ 9 Decisions, opinions and rescripts
§ 10 Concurrent appellate jurisdiction with supreme judicial court; limitations
§ 11 Further appellate review of certain cases by supreme judicial court
§ 12 Report to supreme judicial court; transfers to and from supreme judicial court
§ 13 Presentation of cases; law governing; adoption of rules
§ 14 Vacancy in office of chief justice
§ 15 Frivolous appeals or exceptions; costs and interest
§ 16 Services of retired justices
§ 17 Leave of absence; restrictions
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 211A - Appeals Court

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.