LOWER COURT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lower court mean? 

• LOWER COURT (noun)
  The noun LOWER COURT has 1 sense:

1. any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court

  Familiarity information: LOWER COURT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOWER COURT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

inferior court; lower court

Hypernyms ("lower court" is a kind of...):

court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)