Definition of appeal

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Appeal (v. t.) 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..

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Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) 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..
Appellant :: Appellant (a.) Relating to an appeal; appellate.
Appealed :: Appealed (imp. & p. p.) of Appeas.
Provoke :: Provoke (v. i.) To appeal. [A Latinism.
Frustratory :: Frustratory (a.) Making void; rendering null; as, a frustratory appeal..
Appellant :: Appellant (n.) One who appeals or entreats.
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request..
Appealable :: Appealable (a.) Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable..
Oath :: Oath (n.) A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement..
Appealant :: Appealant (n.) An appellant.
Ineffective :: Ineffective (a.) Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal..
Refer :: Refer (v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary..
Appellate :: Appellate (a.) Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) Resort to physical means; recourse.
Call :: Call (n.) A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.
Assault :: Assault (n.) A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government..
Protestant :: Protestant (v.) One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church..
Country :: Country (adv.) The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
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