appellant

Meanings

Plural: appellants

Noun

• the party who appeals a decision of a lower court
• a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court
• One who makes an earnest entreaty of any kind.
• One who challenges another to single combat.
• One of the clergy in the Jansenist controversy who rejected the bull Unigenitus issued in 1713, appealing to a pope "better informed", or to a general council.

Adjective

• of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)

Adj

• of or relating to appeals; appellate
• in the process of appealing

Synonyms

appellate, plaintiff in error

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