noun

• A court whose decisions may be overruled by another court on appeal.

  ‘And then, to compound the crisis further, litigants challenge the orders of a lower court in a higher court.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘An appeal is allowed if the decision of the lower court is wrong.’
  • ‘However, at least one court should review the decision of the lower court.’
  • ‘There will also be a spectrum of appropriate respect depending on the nature of the decision of the lower court which is challenged.’
  • ‘Under the new practice, the decision of the lower court will attract much greater significance.’