Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not subject to appeal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not appealable; incapable of being carried to a higher court by appeal: as, an unappealable cause.
- Not to be appealed from; final: as, an unappealable judge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not appealable; that can not be carried to a higher tribunal by appeal.
- adjective Not to be appealed from; -- said of a judge or a judgment that can not be overruled.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective law, of a verdict, etc. Not
appealable ; that may not beappealed , or sent to a higher court forjudgement
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not subject to appeal
Etymologies
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Examples
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Unless it rules in Mrs. Lawrence's favor the original tribal-court opinion is "unappealable," says Bonnie Kane, who is representing Mrs. Lawrence.
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Or, in the other direction, an easy registration requirement coupled with unappealable forfeiture on non-compliance.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Diane Wood on the Second Amendment 2010
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All of which requires you to imagine a virtual transformation of human nature and a voluntary transfer of national power to what in effect will be the unappealable judgments of a world government.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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My wife (Mexican) was refused a fiancée visa to the U.S. with the stated "reason" of "attempted visa fraud", something my U.S. immigration lawyer told us was totally unappealable.
Page 2 2009
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All of which requires you to imagine a virtual transformation of human nature and a voluntary transfer of national power to what in effect will be the unappealable judgments of a world government.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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Or, in the other direction, an easy registration requirement coupled with unappealable forfeiture on non-compliance.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Diane Wood on the Second Amendment 2010
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Here, a second limitation period starts when the verdict has become unappealable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » He Says “Scary” Like It’s a Bad Thing 2009
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He has the last word in everything; his decision is unappealable.
Balkinization 2007
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He has the last word in everything; his decision is unappealable.
Balkinization 2007
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So far, Obama's campaign message has hardly attacked McCain as a completely unappealable candidate.
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