(n) appeal | ( law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial ; their appeal was denied in the superior court ;
(n) reversal | a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside ;
(n) affirmation | a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand ;
is higher court a missing expression in the http://wnpt.sl.res.ibm.com/wn/synset?id=08335751-n ?