All my colleagues here call it a "statement of appeal" by which a party to a civil case, when dissatisfied with the judgment of the court of first trial, brings the case to a court of higher jurisdiction (also called the court of appeal).

I know in Chinese we call it a Shang Su Zhuang. I looked this up in a Chinese English Legal Dictionary (edited by some Chinese of course) and only to find the expressions "appellate petition" and "Petition for appeal" rather than "statement of appeal" as we commonly use.

this is confusing. so i'd like to hear your comments.

remind you: this may not be so specilized legal query. for a native speaker, maybe s/he can hear this in news or magazines. so please give your comments whether a lawyer or not.

tks