Section 470.10. Determination of appeals; definitions of terms  


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  • The following definitions are applicable to this article:
        1.   "Reversal" by an appellate court of a judgment, sentence or order
      of another court means the vacating of such judgment, sentence or order.
        2.  "Modification" by an appellate court of a  judgment  or  order  of
      another court means the vacating of a part thereof and affirmance of the
      remainder.
        3.   "Corrective action" means affirmative action taken or directed by
      an appellate court upon reversing or modifying a judgment,  sentence  or
      order  of  another  court,  which disposes of or continues the case in a
      manner consonant with the determinations and principles  underlying  the
      reversal or modification.