<P> The Court of Appeal of New Zealand, located in Wellington, is New Zealand's principal intermediate appellate court . In practice, most appeals are resolved at this intermediate appellate level, rather than in the Supreme Court . </P> <P> The Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka, located in Colombo, is the second senior court in the Sri Lankan legal system . </P> <P> In the United States, both state and federal appellate courts are usually restricted to examining whether the lower court made the correct legal determinations, rather than hearing direct evidence and determining what the facts of the case were . Furthermore, U.S. appellate courts are usually restricted to hearing appeals based on matters that were originally brought up before the trial court . Hence, such an appellate court will not consider an appellant's argument if it is based on a theory that is raised for the first time in the appeal . </P> <P> In most U.S. states, and in U.S. federal courts, parties before the court are allowed one appeal as of right . This means that a party who is unsatisfied with the outcome of a trial may bring an appeal to contest that outcome . However, appeals may be costly, and the appellate court must find an error on the part of the court below that justifies upsetting the verdict . Therefore, only a small proportion of trial court decisions result in appeals . Some appellate courts, particularly supreme courts, have the power of discretionary review, meaning that they can decide whether they will hear an appeal brought in a particular case . </P>

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