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appellee

appellee

1 9.9
A person or group who defends a lower court decision in a higher court
  • noun
  • /ˌæpəˈliː/
  • Formal
translation icon : apelado
  • The S indicates that Jacob Young was the seller in this case of services and Kent was the defendant and the appellee and the buyer.

Examples

  • Mr. Bozarth for the appellee, - you may proceed.

    On the Basis of Sex (2018)

  • Admitting that "value judgments" are at stake demonstrates precisely the contention of appellees that the conflict is basically religious in nature.

    Academic text (1990)

  • But the country will suffer if the court doesn't find for the appellee.

    On the Basis of Sex (2018)

  • The defendant, appellee in this case Richard West, purchased a horse named Bascom's Folly from Doctor Strauss.

  • The appellees' other advocate, Peter Roos, used an approach similar to the one we take in this article to demonstrate why section 21.031 was unconstitutional.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The Court of Appeals found that the school district had fulfilled its equal protection duties to the appellees when it adopted measures to cure existing language deficiencies of non-English speaking children by offering English instruction and remediation for these children.

    Academic text (1994)

  • (n15) United States of America, Appellee v. Omar Ahmad Ali Abdel Rahman, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York, Aug. 16, 1999.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Advocates for the appellees endeavored to point out the flaws in the appellants' logic; for example, Peter Schey raised the fact that "the state of Texas seems to argue that it is in a highly unique situation and they downplay the importance of this problem to states like California, et cetera." 298

    Academic text (2017)

  • The judge issued a ruling in favor of the appellee after reviewing the case details.

  • In legal proceedings, the appellee is the party who defends against an appeal.

Antonyms

appellant
  • Specialized
9 9.4

A person who asks a higher court to change a lower court's decision

Surface Forms

appellee singular
appellees plural

Morphology

appellee = appeal (semi-transparent) = appeal + ee

Formed from 'appeal' + the recipientive suffix '-ee'; the components are clear but the term is specialized legal vocabulary and the suffix '-ee' is formal and less familiar to many learners.

Etymology

Appellee comes from appeal and the French word appeler meaning 'to call', plus the ending -ee which marks 'the one who receives', as in employee. So an appellee is literally 'the one called' by an appeal, the person the appeal is against.