Definition of appeal. Meaning of appeal. Synonyms of appeal

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Definition of appeal

Appeal
Appeal Ap*peal", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appealing.] [OE. appelen, apelen, to appeal, accuse, OF. appeler, fr. L. appellare to approach, address, invoke, summon, call, name; akin to appellere to drive to; ad + pellere to drive. See Pulse, and cf. Peal.] 1. (Law) (a) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court. (b) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony. 2. To summon; to challenge. [Archaic] Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To invoke. [Obs.] --Milton.

Meaning of appeal from wikipedia

- in law , an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision. very broadly speaking there are appeals on the
- an appellate court, commonly called an appeals court or court of appeals (american english or appeal court (british english ) or court of
- granted, contains provisions allowing a party to appeal a decision issued by a first instance department of the european patent office (epo).
- the commercial appeal is the predominant daily newspaper of memphis, tennessee , and its surrounding metropolitan area . it is owned by
- (of the federal appeals and district courts, only one, the d.c. circuit , has an official reporter, united states court of appeals reports
- the court of appeal of new zealand, located in wellington , is new zealand ’s principal intermediate appellate court . most appeals are
- solved these problems by transferring most of the court's direct appeals to the newly created circuit courts of appeals, whose decisions in
- the court of criminal appeal is the name of existing courts of scotland and ireland , and an historic court in england and wales .
- in the sport of cricket , an appeal is the act of a player on the fielding team asking an umpire for a decision regarding whether a
- the british columbia court of appeal (bcca) is the highest appellate court in the province of british columbia , canada . appeals from