以上單詞是指上訴法院對(duì)上訴案件處理方式的最基本的三個(gè)術(shù)語(yǔ)。affirm為“維持原判”，指上訴法院維持下級(jí)法院判決 (to uphold the judgment or actions of a lower court[1])，注意的是該 單詞后的搭配一般為 judgment,如：The trial court's judgment was affirmed.(正確用法）；The trial court was affirmed.(非正確用法)[2]。reverse為“撤銷(xiāo)原判”，指上訴法院因下級(jí)法院的一些 錯(cuò)誤而撤銷(xiāo)其判決（of an appellate court, to nullify the judgment of a lower court in a case on appeal because of some errors in the court bellow[3]) ,如 to reverse a judgment or reverse a decision。remand 則是案件的“發(fā)回重審”，指上訴法院將案件發(fā)回原審法院，要求下級(jí)法院按自己的指示重新審理（to send a case back from an appellate court to the lower court from which it was appealed，for further proceedings in accordance with the appellate court’s instructions[4])。其后的搭配一般是 case，如 to remand a case[5]。
[1] Cf. Linda Picard Wood, J. D.，Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Law, at p. 17, Merriam- Webster, Incorporated (1996).
[2] Cf. Bryan A. Gamer, A Dictionary of Modem Legal Usage，at p. 35, Oxford University Press Ltd. (1995).
[3] Cf. James E. Clapp, Random House Webster's Dictionary of the Law, at p. 377, Random House, New York (2000).
[4] Cf. Bryan A. Gamer, A Dictionary of Modem Legal Usage, at p. 369，Oxford University Press Ltd. (1995).
[5] Id. at p. 17.
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