A U.S. Appellate Court threw out a request by Samco Global Arms, a U.S. arms company, to force Honduras to return weapons.A U.S. Appellate Court A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court. An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed. threw out a request by Samco Global Arms, a U.S. arms company, to force Honduras Honduras (hŏnd  r`əs, –dyr`–; Span., ōnd to return weapons. Honduras allowed a Samco partner in Panama to ship the country arms on preferential pref·er·en·tial adj. 1. Of, relating to, or giving advantage or preference: preferential treatment. 2. terms in the 1980s, but the government determined the company was planning to sell the cache to Nicaraguan rebels who were engaged in a civil war at the time. The arms were also too old to be of any use, Honduras concluded. The U.S. court said Honduras was immune to the suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) of 1976 is a statute under United States law that sets the limitations on how a foreign sovereign nation (or its agents, instrumentalities, or subdivisions) may be sued in U.S. courts. . |
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