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  2. Appeal to ridicule - Wikipedia

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    Appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ad absurdo, or the horse laugh) [1] is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration.

  3. Appellate procedure in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A lawyer traditionally starts an oral argument to any appellate court with the words "May it please the court." After an appeal is heard, the "mandate" is a formal notice of a decision by a court of appeal; this notice is transmitted to the trial court and, when filed by the clerk of the trial court, constitutes the final judgment on the case ...

  4. Mockery - Wikipedia

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    In philosophical argument, the appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ab absurdo, or the horse laugh [18]) is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration. Appeal to ridicule is often found in the form of comparing a nuanced ...

  5. Robert Schiavelli's Loud Laugh Lands Him in Trouble With ...

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    Robert Schiavelli of Long Island was issued two court summonses for disturbing the peace after his neighbor complained of hearing Robert Schiavelli's Loud Laugh Lands Him in Trouble With Neighbor ...

  6. 80-year-old woman cracks up court room with jokes

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    Dolores Sheinis appeared in a Florida court last week for a bond hearing and left with a few new fans.

  7. Appellate court - Wikipedia

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    An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeal(s), [1] appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear a case upon appeal from a trial court or other lower tribunal. Appellate courts other than supreme courts are sometimes named as Intermediate appellate court.

  8. Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly 's challenge of 20 ...

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    The singer R. Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Jurors in 2022 convicted the Grammy Award-winning R&B ...

  9. Anders v. California - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court ruled that any such motion must be accompanied by a brief (commonly referred to as an Anders brief) outlining the case and any potential (albeit possibly frivolous) grounds for appeal, that the appellate court must independently review the case, and that a defendant must be allowed the right to appeal either pro se or by other ...