在法律体系中，下级法庭，是一个位阶较低的法院。由下级法院作出的判决，可以经由上诉，由上级法庭来重新审阅。通常初审法院一定是下级法庭。而上诉法院，相对于终审法院，也是下级法院。

下级法院通常译为lower court或court below。

具体用法可参考以下双语例句：

相应的裁决被上诉至爱尔兰和意大利的最高法院，两家法院均支持各自 下级法院的裁定，即相应国家是 Eurofoods 的主要利益中心。

The respective decisions were appealed to the highest courts in Ireland and Italy, both courts affirming the determination of their lower courts that each respective country was the centre of Eurofoods’ main interests.

上诉法院层面审查了整个案情档案，从而考虑到法律方面的问题，也考虑到 这些案情显然已得到下级法院的审 议，随后决定依法断夺，不准许上诉。 

The appellate level reviewed the case file in its entirety, thus taking into account both matters of law and fact as they had obviously been considered by the lower court, and decided to use its discretion under the law not to grant leave to appeal.

法官指出：“如果[买方]在下级法 院中 提出 了这 一点，被告可能会作 出完全不同的陈述”。 

The judge noted that “if the point had been raised [by the buyer] in the Court below, the defendant might have conducted its case differently”.