Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

lower court n. 1) any court of lesser rank, such as municipal or justice court below a superior or county court, a superior or county court below an appeals court, or a federal District Court of Appeals below the U. S. Supreme Court. 2) a reference in an appeal to the trial court which originally heard the case. Typical language in an appeals decision: "In the lower court, the judge ruled Defendant had no basis for...." (TheFreeDictionary)

In the federal system, the lowest court is the district court. There are 94 US federal judicial districts, with at least one district court in each state. (BBC News)

In the federal system, the lowest court is the district court. There are 94 US federal judicial districts, with at least one district court in each state. (BBC News)

Second, Supreme Court divisions serve as appellate courts hearing complaints for appellate and cassational review of lower court decisions. For this function it sits in five specialized judicial divisions (kollegii) – the Judicial Division for Administrative Cases, the Judicial Division for Civil Cases, the Judicial Division for Economic Disputes, the Judicial Division for Criminal Cases and the Judicial Division for Military Personnel Cases. Appellate and cassational review in Civil, Criminal and Military Divisions has the same scope and characteristics as described above for review by subject-level courts of district court decisions. (Law and Legal System of the Russian Federation by Peter B. Maggs, Olga Schwartz, William Burnham)