An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.
Ambrose BierceMAJESTY, n. The state and title of a king. Regarded with a just contempt by the Most Eminent Grand Masters, Grand Chancellors, Great Incohonees and Imperial Potentates of the ancient and honorable orders of republican America.
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