"grounds of appeal" is an accurate, commonly used expression in written English.
It is used to refer to a reason or justification why an appeal should be granted. For example: The defendant argued that the court failed to make a fair and unbiased ruling and as such presented compelling grounds of appeal.
But the judges rejected the grounds of appeal today.
It was one of those tournament injustices for which the victim has no grounds of appeal.
I thought the grounds of appeal were solid, and I believed totally, again, that I would get justice.
The panel rejected all grounds of appeal, recognising women's vulnerability during war and the need for legal sanctions to protect them.
"I have instructed my lawyers to lodge grounds of appeal against this decision and I trust that my case will be heard.
The evidence was credible, inherently believable and gave rise to cogent admissible grounds of appeal that may have affected the jury's verdict.
Without a "dream team" that can dissemble the evidence, the best ground of appeal for most people accused of crime may be ineffective assistance of counsel.
It happens in teams - one acting for the appellant and one for the respondent - each of whom will cover a separate ground of appeal.
Nowhere in the government's propaganda did Duncan Smith admit that the supreme court had, in fact, found against him on every ground of appeal he had raised.
Lord Justice Treacy, sitting with two other judges, announced that the one proposed ground of appeal against conviction was not arguable, and rejected an argument that the minimum term of 35 years was "manifestly excessive".
The single ground of appeal raised on Wednesday in a bid to show that Bellfield's conviction was "arguably unsafe" was a complaint about the trial judge's decision to allow evidence of those convictions to go before the jury.
