Definition of appeal

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Appeal (v. t.) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reexamination or review.

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Languish :: Languish (v. i.) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy..
Peremptory :: Peremptory (a.) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final.
Swear :: Swear (v. i.) To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also, to affirm solemnly by some sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the Bible, the Koran, etc..
Move :: Move (v. t.) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence..
Force :: Force (n.) Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term..
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..
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..
Clepe :: Clepe (v. i.) To make appeal; to cry out.
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..
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..
Appellant :: Appellant (n.) One who appeals or entreats.
Unappealable :: Unappealable (a.) Not to be appealed from; -- said of a judge or a judgment that can not be overruled.
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To invoke.
Above :: Above (adv.) Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above..
Appellee :: Appellee (n.) The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) A summons to answer to a charge.
Anacoenosis :: Anacoenosis (n.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
Rota :: Rota (n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members..
Eloquent :: Eloquent (a.) Adapted to express strong emotion or to state facts arguments with fluency and power; as, an eloquent address or statement; an eloquent appeal to a jury..
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