thượng thẩm
Definition
- Noun:
- Court of Appeal / Appellate Court: The highest court in Vietnam during the French colonial period, responsible for reviewing and re-adjudicating cases appealed from lower courts.
- High Court of Appeal: A superior court that hears appeals from the judgments of lower tribunals.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Vụ án được đưa lên tòa thượng thẩm. (The case was brought to the Court of Appeal.)
- Tòa thượng thẩm đã phúc thẩm bản án. (The Appellate Court reviewed the sentence.)
Advanced Usage
- Historically, "thượng thẩm" specifically refers to the judicial institution established during the French administration in Indochina. In modern Vietnamese legal context, the equivalent terms are more commonly "tòa phúc thẩm" or "tòa án cấp cao."
Variants and Related Words
- Tòa thượng thẩm (n): The full term for the Court of Appeal.
- Phúc thẩm (n): Appellate review; the act of hearing an appeal.
- Tòa án cấp dưới (n): Lower court; the court whose decision is being appealed.
Synonyms
- Appellate court: A court having jurisdiction to review appeals of decisions made by lower courts.
- Court of appeal: Synonym for appellate court.
- High court: A superior court, though not always specifically appellate.
Related Legal Terms
- Kháng cáo (v): To appeal.
- Bị cáo kháng cáo lên tòa thượng thẩm. (The defendant appealed to the Court of Appeal.)
- Bản án phúc thẩm (n): Appellate judgment; the verdict given by the appeal court.