Appeal:
The principle of appeal was recognized by the Mosaic law in the establishment of a central court under the presidency of the judge or ruler for the time being, before which all cases too difficult for the local court were to be tried (Deuteronomy 17:8-9). According to the above regulation, the appeal lay in the time of the Judges to the judge (Judges 4:5) and under the monarchy, to the king. Jehoshaphat delegated his judicial authority to a court permanently established for the purpose (2 Chronicles 19:8). These courts were re‐established by Ezra (Ezra 7:25). After the institution of the Sanhedrin the final appeal lay to them. St. Paul, as a Roman citizen, exercised a right of appeal from the jurisdiction of the local court at Jerusalem to the emperor (Acts 25:11).
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