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appellant

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noun

Law

  • A person who applies to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court.

    ‘In the event, no evidence was given by the complainant or the appellant about these matters.’
    • ‘At the outset, the appellant applied for permission to have a mobile home on the land.’
    • ‘On the following day the appellant was arrested and he then made a full and frank admission.’
    • ‘He held that the respondents did not lead the appellants to believe that they would be granted a lease.’
    • ‘In this case a number of appellants have been convicted of more than one bank robbery.’

Pronunciation

appellant

/əˈpelənt/ /əˈpɛlənt/

Origin

Late Middle English from French apelant, literally ‘appealing’, from the verb apeler (see appeal).