The phrase lower court has several possible meanings in English:
In reference to an appeal, the lower court is the court whose decision is being reviewed. The lower court, in this relative sense, may be a trial court or may itself be an appellate court that is lower in rank than the reviewing court.
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We asked the appellate court to overturn a civil damages award against an officer who caused the plaintiffs to be detained at gunpoint, because he mistakenly believed them to be the perpetrators of a series of armed robberies.
AELE argued further, that trial court was engaging in unreasonable "second-guessing" when it found that officer did not fire in reasonable apprehension of harm when suspect turned toward him in dark gangway, at night, with a blue steel object in his hand.
Court refused to dismiss contempt citations against Attorneys Kunstler and Weinglass for courtroom disruptions in the "Chicago 7" case.
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