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Appeal
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Appeal
A request to a higher court to review a previously completed criminal or civil case. In general, only one of the parties involved in the original case may appeal it.


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Most of us are familiar with the abuse of discretion standard of review often employed by Florida's appellate courts.
An abuse of discretion occurs when a trial court acts arbitrarily or unreasonably and "without reference to any guiding rules or principles.
The Tax Court held that an IRS Appeals officer's decision in a collection due process hearing not to reinstate a taxpayer's offer in compromise after the taxpayer failed to meet a condition of the offer in compromise was not an abuse of discretion.
 
 
 
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