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appealable

appealable

1 7.4
Able to be challenged by a higher court or authority
  • adjective
  • /əˈpɪləbəl/
  • Formal
translation icon : apelable
  • However, if the courts of the Region, in adjudicating cases, need to interpret the provisions of this Law concerning affairs which are the responsibility of the Central People's Government, or concerning the relationship between the Central Authorities and the Region, and if such interpretation will affect the judgments on the cases, the courts of the Region shall, before making their final judgments which are not appealable, seek an interpretation of the relevant provisions from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress through the Court of Final Appeal of the Region.

Examples

  • After the trial, the defendant's attorney filed a motion because the ruling was clearly appealable.

  • Government policy is routinely made by "administrative guidance" that is not public, accountable, or appealable.

    Academic text (1993)

  • In LabMD, however, such motions are heard on an administrative basis and are appealable to the Commission, not the Article III courts.

    Academic text (2016)

  • These immediately appealable orders are called "collateral orders" because they vindicate important interests that are "collateral to" the merits of an action.

    Academic text (2016)

  • These are the first two final (though appealable) rulings by U.S. federal courts involving Android-related infringement disputes between major players.

    Blog text (24)

  • Data-analytics programs and products should be designed with "transparency," especially in cases where an algorithm in the analytical software makes decisions about what happens next to a student; those decisions should be explainable and appealable.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The lawyer explained that the verdict was appealable if new evidence emerged.

  • If the judge's decision is deemed unfair, it becomes appealable in a higher court.

Synonyms

contestable
vsappealable
1 6.8

Can be argued against or shown to be wrong

is capable of formal review by a higher authority or court
reviewable
vsappealable
  • Formal
1 4.0

Able to be checked or changed by an official

can be taken to a higher court or authority for formal examination
challengeable
vsappealable
  • Formal
1 7.4

Able to be questioned or opposed in court

is subject to review by a higher authority or court

Antonyms

unappealable
  • Formal
1 8.8

Cannot be changed by asking a higher court to look at it again

How Reviewable

appealable
  • Formal
1 7.4
reviewable
  • Formal
1 4.0
unreviewable
  • Jargon
1 9.4

Surface Forms

appealable positive

Morphology

appealable = appeal (transparent) = appeal + able

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'appeal' with '-able', meaning 'capable of being appealed', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

The word appealable comes from appeal, which long ago meant 'to call' or 'ask' someone higher for help, and the ending -able means 'can be'. So a decision that is appealable can be 'called up' to a higher court to be looked at again.