Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the review of a decision of a lower court by a higher court.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to appeals; having cognizance of appeals: as, an appellate court.
- noun A person appealed or prosecuted for a crime; an appellee.
- To call by a name; call; name; entitle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals.
- adjective a court having cognizance of appeals.
- noun A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See
appellee .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That can be (legally)
appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Bozo The Neoclown says: timmeh defines “obstructionism” as telling the repukeliscums “no” while they try to sit activist judges in appellate courts
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Of course, the word appears much more often in appellate opinions — I see 322 mentions in ALLCASES, 45 of them appearing in documents that also contain “Selya” and apparently only 4 from Fernandez.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Russian Influence on American Law 2010
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Today, they cannot retain appellate counsel or pay the costs of appeal.
Forensic interview with girl in Tony Alamo case leaked to website 2009
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In In re Antrobus, the Tenth Circuit rejected carefully reasoned decisions from the Second and Ninth Circuits and held that crime victims could only obtain appellate relief if they show that the district court had made a “clear and indisputable” error.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Crime Victim’s Right to Appellate Review? 2010
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Brief writing specifically is generally taught in appellate advocacy classes.
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His entire practice of law appear to consist of two years or so in appellate litigation, so it would appear that he has zero “trial experience as a lawyer.”
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She called the appellate court decision "a major milestone for our campaign," and said she respects the rule of law and hopes Mr. Emanuel's supporters will consider joining her.
Big Bump in Rahm's Road to City Hall Douglas Belkin 2011
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A study of their use in appellate briefs (PDF, 334 KB) reports that “as things become less clear, judges tend to use ‘clearly,’ and ‘obviously’ more often.”
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A study of their use in appellate briefs (PDF, 334 KB) reports that “as things become less clear, judges tend to use ‘clearly,’ and ‘obviously’ more often.”
Weasel words 2008
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- Parties do not allege in appellate courts, they argue.
biocon commented on the word appellate
In addition, appellate is a verb meaning to call or designate (OED).
July 30, 2012