Appellate Division

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The Appellate Division was historically the highest court of appeal in South Africa, responsible for hearing and deciding appeals on significant legal matters before later being succeeded by the Supreme Court of Appeal.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Appellate Division canonical 2

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
court of appeal ⓘ
former highest court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa ⓘ
branchOf Supreme Court of South Africa ⓘ
composition panel of appellate judges ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
decidedOn civil appeals ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ
questions of law ⓘ
establishedBy South African legislation ⓘ
function decide appeals on significant legal matters ⓘ
hear appeals ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of South Africa ⓘ
heardAppealsFrom provincial divisions of the Supreme Court of South Africa ⓘ
historicalImportance central role in development of South African common law ⓘ
historicalStatus predecessor of the Supreme Court of Appeal ⓘ
jurisdiction South Africa ⓘ
languageOfRecord Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalSystem South African legal system ⓘ
levelInCourtHierarchy apex appellate court (before creation of Constitutional Court) ⓘ
locatedIn Bloemfontein ⓘ
partOf South African judiciary ⓘ
replacedBy Supreme Court of Appeal ⓘ
role highest court of appeal in South Africa ⓘ
seat Bloemfontein ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Supreme Court of Appeal ⓘ
typeOfAppeals appeals from lower superior courts ⓘ
appeals on points of law ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Supreme Court of South Africa → composition → Appellate Division ⓘ
Hooggeregshof van Appèl → historicalName → Appellate Division ⓘ