Editing Judiciary of Sanctaria (section)

===Federal appellate courts===
The Sanctarian courts of appeals are the appellate courts of the federal court system. These appellate courts do not have discretion over their dockets, unlike the court of last resort, and so they must hear all appeals made from the federal trial courts. Unlike the trial courts which may be split to accommodate, for example, civil and criminal cases courts of appeals are not similarly split, and hears appeals from all branches. Judges on the courts of appeal are called "justices" and sit ''en banc'', i.e. as a panel, to hear cases. There are no juries in these appellate courts.

As federal law retains primacy over state law, the federal appellate courts may also hear appeals from the various state courts of last resort to determine if a state law is not compatible with federal statute. These courts of appeals do have the power to create precedent from their decisions and their judicial review, particularly in cases where further attempts to appeal to the Supreme Court, i.e. the federal court of last resort, are not taken up by the body.

Each appellate court covers three states and are responsible from hearing appeals from the federal district courts contained therein. There are three courts of appeal:

*'''Sanctarian Court of Appeals for the Eastern Riding''': This court of appeals covers the trial courts within Haven, Novum Aeternum, and Terra Monticolarum.
*'''Sanctarian Court of Appeals for the Central Riding''': This court of appeals covers the trial courts within Glorionis, Novum Limium, and Sanctus.
*'''Sanctarian Court of Appeals for the Western Riding''': This court of appeals covers the trial courts within Aquitanium, Corpus, and Galvium.