Definition of appellant. Meaning of appellant. Synonyms of appellant

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Definition of appellant

Appellant
Appellant Ap*pel"lant, n. 1. (Law) (a) One who accuses another of felony or treason. [Obs.] (b) One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal. 2. A challenger. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. (Eccl. Hist.) One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus. 4. One who appeals or entreats.
Appellant
Appellant Ap*pel"lant, a. [L. appellans, p. pr. of appellare; cf. F. appelant. See Appeal.] Relating to an appeal; appellate. ``An appellant jurisdiction.' --Hallam. Party appellant (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; -- opposed to respondent, or appellee. --Tomlins.

Meaning of appellant from wikipedia

- Appellants may refer to: ones making an appeal in a court of law the Lords Appellant who charged the king of England's favourites with treason (1386–1388)...
- In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision. Appeals...
- The Lords Appellant were a group of nobles in the reign of King Richard II, who, in 1388, sought to impeach five of the King's favourites in order to...
- government was taken over by a group of aristocrats known as the Lords Appellant. By 1389 Richard had regained control, and for the next eight years governed...
- part of the Superior Court. A party who files an appeal is called an "appellant", "plaintiff in error", "petitioner" or "pursuer", and a party on the...
- continuation and supported the appellants or opponents of the archpriest; the controversy is also widely known as the Appellant Controversy. It produced a...
- the trial court. Hence, such an appellate court will not consider an appellant's argument if it is based on a theory that is raised for the first time...
- The appellant in Van Aardt v S, an important case in South African criminal law, had been convicted in the Grahamstown High Court of the murder of a fifteen-year-old...
- (1966), an important case in South African criminal procedure, the first appellant had entered a café with a pistol in his hand and threatened the café owner's...
- February 22, 1971 Decided June 7, 1971 Full case name Paul Robert Cohen, Appellant v. State of California Citations 403 U.S. 15 (more) 91 S. Ct. 1780; 29...