hot court

A court, esp. an appellate court, that is familiar with the briefs filed in the case, and therefore with the issues, before oral argument.

• Typically, a hot court controls the oral argument with its questioning, as opposed to listening passively to set presentations of counsel.

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译员何巍，毕业于欧洲一流的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与生命科学有关的法律文件。