Editing Appellate court (section)

==== Nomenclature ====
Many U.S. jurisdictions title their appellate court a '''''court of appeal''''' or '''''court of appeals'''''.<ref name="Garner_Page_232" />  Both terms are used in the United States, but the plural form is more common in [[American English]], while in contrast, [[British English]] uses only the singular form.<ref name="Garner_Page_232" /> The correct form is whichever is the statutorily prescribed or customary form for a particular court and particular jurisdiction; in other words, one should never write "court of appeal" when the court at issue clearly prefers to be called a "court of appeals", and vice versa.<ref name="Garner_Page_232" />

Historically, certain jurisdictions have titled their appellate court a '''''court of errors''''' (or '''''court of errors and appeals'''''), on the premise that it was intended to correct errors made by lower courts. Examples of such courts include the [[New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals]] (which existed from 1844 to 1947), the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors (which has been renamed the [[Connecticut Supreme Court]]), the Kentucky Court of Errors (renamed the [[Kentucky Supreme Court]]), and the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals (since renamed the [[Supreme Court of Mississippi]]). In some jurisdictions, a court able to hear appeals is known as an '''appellate division'''.

The phrase "court of appeals" most often refers to intermediate appellate courts.  However, the [[New York Court of Appeals]] is the highest appellate court in New York. The [[New York Supreme Court]] is a trial court of general jurisdiction. The [[Supreme Court of Maryland]] was known as the Court of Appeals, and the [[Appellate Court of Maryland]] was known as the Court of Special Appeals, until a 2022 constitutional amendment changed their names. Depending on the system, certain courts may serve as both trial courts and appellate courts, hearing appeals of decisions made by courts with more limited jurisdiction.