application for leave to appeal

application for leave to appeal. A motion requesting an appellate court to hear a party’s appeal from a judgment when the party has no appeal by right or when the party’s time limit for an appeal by right has expired. • The reviewing court has discretion whether to grant or reject such a motion. [Cases: Appeal and Error 361; Federal Courts 660. C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 300–302, 304.]

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词条贡献者

译者晓琳，法学硕士（国际争议解决方向），擅长翻译各种与复杂跨境争议相关的法律文件。