APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL

application for leave to appeal.A motion requesting an appellate court to hear a party’s appeal

from a judgment when the party has no appeal by right or when the party’s time limit for an appeal

by right has expired. • The reviewing court has discretion whether to grant or reject such a motion.

[Cases: Appeal and Error    361; Federal Courts    660. C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 300–302, 304.] [Blacks Law 8th]