(Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The Roman Rota, formally the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota, and anciently the Apostolic Court of Audience, is the highest appellate tribunal of the Catholic Church, with respect to both Latin Church members and the Eastern Catholic members and is the highest ecclesiastical court constituted by the Holy See related to judicial trials conducted in the Catholic Church. Wikipedia

The highest appellate tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church Wikipedia Disambiguation

Catholic appellate court Wikidata

A branch of the papal Curia which serves as an appellate court in ecclesiastical cases, including cases of marriage nullity. Wiktionary