Appellate Term of the Supreme Court

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court of law intermediate appellate court

The Appellate Term of the Supreme Court is an intermediate appellate court in New York that primarily hears appeals from lower trial courts such as New York City Civil and Criminal Courts.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Appellate Terms of the New York Supreme Court	2
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court canonical	1
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York	1
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, First Department	1
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, Second Department	1
Appellate Term, First Department	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T410028 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Appellate Term of the Supreme Court
Context triple: [New York Supreme Court, hasLowerAppellateBody, Appellate Term of the Supreme Court]

A. The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the United Kingdom, serving as the final arbiter on points of law in civil cases across the UK and criminal cases from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
B. Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the U.S. judiciary, serving as the final arbiter of constitutional and federal law.
C. Plenary of the Supreme Court
The Plenary of the Supreme Court is the full assembly of all justices of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation that convenes to decide the court’s most important and precedent-setting cases.
D. High Commission Court
The High Commission Court was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal in England that enforced religious conformity and became notorious for its arbitrary and oppressive use of authority before being abolished in the 17th century.
E. Grand Bench
The Grand Bench is the full, 15-justice sitting of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles constitutional and other most significant legal cases.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Appellate Term of the Supreme Court
Target entity description: The Appellate Term of the Supreme Court is an intermediate appellate court in New York that primarily hears appeals from lower trial courts such as New York City Civil and Criminal Courts.

A. The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the United Kingdom, serving as the final arbiter on points of law in civil cases across the UK and criminal cases from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
B. Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the U.S. judiciary, serving as the final arbiter of constitutional and federal law.
C. Plenary of the Supreme Court
The Plenary of the Supreme Court is the full assembly of all justices of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation that convenes to decide the court’s most important and precedent-setting cases.
D. High Commission Court
The High Commission Court was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal in England that enforced religious conformity and became notorious for its arbitrary and oppressive use of authority before being abolished in the 17th century.
E. Grand Bench
The Grand Bench is the full, 15-justice sitting of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles constitutional and other most significant legal cases.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of law ⓘ intermediate appellate court ⓘ
above	New York City Civil Court ⓘ New York City Criminal Court ⓘ New York City Housing Court ⓘ linked to: New York City Civil Court
appealsTo	Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York ⓘ linked to: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York
below	Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York ⓘ linked to: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York New York Court of Appeals ⓘ
composition	panels of Supreme Court justices ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
courtHierarchyPosition	between lower trial courts and Appellate Division ⓘ
establishedInJurisdiction	New York Constitution ⓘ linked to: New York State Constitution
governingLaw	New York Judiciary Law ⓘ
handles	appeals from lower trial courts ⓘ
hasDivision	Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, First Department ⓘ linked to: Appellate Term of the Supreme Court Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, Second Department ⓘ linked to: Appellate Term of the Supreme Court
hasWebsite	https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/appellate-term.shtml ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	City Courts in New York State ⓘ District Courts of Nassau County ⓘ District Courts of Suffolk County ⓘ New York City Civil Court ⓘ New York City Criminal Court ⓘ Town Courts in New York State ⓘ Village Courts in New York State ⓘ
judgesAppointedBy	Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York ⓘ linked to: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York
jurisdiction	State of New York ⓘ linked to: U.S. state of New York
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
levelOfCourt	intermediate appellate level ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ linked to: New York
organizedBy	judicial department ⓘ
partOf	New York State Unified Court System ⓘ linked to: New York State Judiciary Supreme Court of the State of New York ⓘ linked to: New York Supreme Court
primaryFunction	error correction ⓘ
regionServed	First Judicial Department of New York ⓘ Second Judicial Department of New York ⓘ linked to: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York
reviews	civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ housing matters appeals ⓘ small claims appeals ⓘ summary proceedings ⓘ
typeOfCases	civil cases under monetary thresholds on appeal ⓘ misdemeanor criminal cases on appeal ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York Supreme Court → hasLowerAppellateBody → Appellate Term of the Supreme Court ⓘ

New York City Civil Court → appealsHeardBy → Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York ⓘ