court of error

court of error.

1. Hist. Formerly, the Court of Exchequer Chamber and the House of Lords. • Appeals from common-law courts lay to the Court of Exchequer Chamber, and then to the House of Lords until 1873, when the Judicature Act gave jurisdiction of superior-court appeals to the Court of Appeal. Cf. COURT OF EXCHEQUER CHAMBER .

2. Generally, a court having jurisdiction to review a lower court’s rulings.

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译者Mathew，国际知名法学院国际仲裁与争端解决专业，擅长翻译各种与美国国内仲裁相关的法律文件。