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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 cased too difficult for the local court were to be tried. De 17:8,9 According to the above regulation, the appeal lay in the time of the Judges to the judge, Jud 4:5 and under the monarchy to the king. Jehoshaphat delegated his judicial authority to a court permanently established for the purpose. 2Ch 19:8 These courts were re-established by Ezra. Ezr 7:25 After the institution of the Sanhedrin the final appeal lay to them. St. Paul, as a Roman citizen, exercized a right of appeal from the jurisdiction of the local court at Jerusalem to the emperor. Ac 25:11


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