collateral review

noun

collateral review

noun
1

Law A legal avenue to upset a judgment that has otherwise become final.

  • In the wake of Miller, the Mississippi Supreme Court concluded that Miller applied retroactively on state collateral review.2021, Jones v. Mississippi (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18–1259), Justice Kavanaugh

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