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<p>In <a href="/facts/Law/luzxWkg0">law</a>, an appeal is the process in which <a href="/facts/Legal_case/u3EndCPa">cases</a> are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision. Appeals function both as a process for error correction as well as a process of clarifying and interpreting law. Although <a href="/facts/Appellate_courts/RxzQlBB2">appellate courts</a> have existed for thousands of years, <a href="/facts/Common_law/vGVcW4Kf">common law</a> countries did not incorporate an affirmative right to appeal into their jurisprudence until the 19th century. </p>