appellant
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- noun
- /əˈpɛlənt/
- Specialized
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apelante
- After the uncle's death, this suit was brought by the plaintiff and the present appellant, Louisa Hammer.
- appellant's brief
Examples
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GUNTHER: Counsel for the appellant, you may proceed.
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When appealed to the appellate court, this decision was upheld in a case in which the appellant failed to appear.
Academic text (1998) -
All of these elements considered, the Act imposed no punishment on the appellant.
Academic text (2000) -
But the purpose of those costs would have been to raise a child genetically related to the appellant and her husband.
Academic text (2018) -
Counsel for the appellant, Mr. Ginsburg, you may proceed.
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The appellant, a Singaporean-Chinese woman, and her husband, a German man of Caucasian descent, wanted to start a family.
Academic text (2018) -
The appellant also proceeded against the second respondent, the company that operated the fertility clinic, for breach of contract.
Academic text (2018) -
Applying that test, had the respondents not been negligent, the appellant would have incurred upkeep costs in any event.
Academic text (2018) -
The aforementioned motion now admits that American Export Lines, Inc., the defendant-appellant, is not the proper party to be sued in this action.
Academic text (2017) -
In a landmark decision, the judge ruled in favor of the appellant seeking justice from the higher court.
Synonyms
A person or side who asks a higher court to change a lower court's decision
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word appellant comes from the Latin appellare, 'to call' or 'to ask', and shares its root with the common word appeal. So an appellant is someone who 'asks' a higher court to change a lower court's decision.