Leapfrog appeal

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In legal procedure, a leapfrog appeal is a special and relatively rare form of appeal in which a case is appealed directly from a lower court to a higher court, skipping an intermediate appellate court. For example, in England & Wales, an appeal from the High Court to the Supreme Court, thereby skipping the Court of Appeal.