Practicing in the Appellate Courts is for the purpose of reviewing trial court judgments to correct of errors committed by the trial court, development of the law, achieve a uniform approach across courts, and the pursuit of justice, more generally. Appellate courts are not a forum to make a new case, but instead they determine if the rulings and judgment of the court below were made correctly.
Des Lacs is a city in Ward County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 209 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area. Des Lacs was founded in 1888. Its name is French for "[of] The Lakes."