appeal

ap·peal

Use appeal in a sentence

The movie they are watching seems to have a lot of appeal.

noun

The definition of appeal refers to someone or something that causes people to like or enjoy it.
A blockbuster movie that is seen by a billion people is an example of a movie that has great appeal for many people.

verb

Appeal means to make an urgent request for something that is necessary or desired.
To request donations for a charity is an example of appeal.
Appeal is defined as to be pleasing or interesting.
A perfume that smells good is an example of something that appeals to your sense of smell.

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appeal

to submit (a lower court's ruling, verdict, etc.) to a higher court for review
Obs. to accuse of a crime

Origin of appeal

Middle English apelen from Old French apeler from Classical Latin appellare, to accost, apply to, appeal; iterative from appellere, to prepare from ad-, to + pellere: see felt

to appeal a law case to a higher court
to make an urgent request (to a person for help, sympathy, etc.)
to resort or turn (to) for decision, justification, etc.: to appeal to logic
to be attractive, interesting, etc.; arouse a favorable response: her argument appealed to me

a call upon some authority or person for a decision, opinion, etc.
an urgent request for help, sympathy, etc.
a quality in a person or thing that arouses interest, sympathy, desire, etc.; attraction
Obs. an accusation
Law
1. the submission of a lower court's ruling, verdict, etc. to a higher court for review
2. a request for this
3. the right to do this
4. a court decision thus submitted

appeal Idioms

on appeal

being reviewed or pending review by an appellate court: said as of a ruling or verdict of a trial court

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appeal

noun

An earnest or urgent request, entreaty, or supplication.
A resort to a higher authority or greater power, as for sanction, corroboration, or a decision: an appeal to reason; an appeal to her listener's sympathy.
Law
a. A higher court's review of the correctness of a decision by a lower court.
b. A case so reviewed.
c. A request for a higher court to review the decision of a lower court.
The power of attracting or of arousing interest: a city with special appeal for museumgoers.

verb

ap·pealed, ap·peal·ing, ap·peals

verb

intransitive

To make an earnest or urgent request, as for help.
To have recourse, as for corroboration; resort: I appeal to your sense of justice.
Law To make or request an appeal.
To be attractive or interesting: The idea didn't appeal to me.

verb

transitive Law

To request for an appeal of (a case) to a higher court for rehearing.

Origin of appeal

Middle English apel from Old French from apeler to appeal from Latin appellāre to entreat ; see pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

ap·peal′a·bil′i·ty
noun

ap·peal′a·ble
adjective

ap·peal′er
noun

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present appeals, present participle appealing, simple past and past participle appealed)

1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.9:
He gan that Ladie strongly to appele / Of many haynous crymes by her enured […]
(law, chiefly US) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.
To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.
(intransitive) To be attractive.
That idea appeals to me.
(intransitive, cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
To summon; to challenge.
To invoke.

Noun

(plural appeals)

(law) (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of appeal. (d) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public. (e) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver.
A summons to answer to a charge.
A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.
1. (cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
Resort to physical means; recourse.
The power to attract or interest.

Origin

From Old French apeler, from Latin appellō.

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appeal - Legal Definition

The process to seek and obtain a review and reversal by a court of a lower court’s decision.
The process to seek and obtain a review and reversal of an administrative decision by a court or by a higher authority within the administrative agency. See also certiorari, notice of appeal, trial (trial de novo), and writ of error.

appeal (as of) (by) right

An appeal in which a court or administrative agency must review the decision that is sought to be reversed.

appeal by permission

An appeal in which a court or administrative agency’s review of a decision is within the court or agency’s discretion. Also called discretionary appeal. See also certiorari.

consolidated appeal

An appeal in which the issues to be reviewed in two or more cases are similar enough that it is practical to unite the reviews into a single appeal. See also joinder.

cross appeal

An appeal by an appellee, usually considered at the same time as the appeal by the appellant.

direct appeal

An appeal of a trial court’s decision made directly to the jurisdiction’s highest appellate court without first seeking review by the intermediate appellate courts. For example, although a United States District Court decision is usually first reviewed by one of the Untied States Court of Appeals before the United States Supreme Court considers it, a direct appeal bypasses the Court of Appeals and sends the District Court decision directly to the Supreme Court.

interlocutory appeal

An appeal of a trial court’s interim decision while the case is still pending in the trial court. Some interlocutory appeals involve legal questions whose resolution are necessary for the trial court to reach a proper decision in the action. Others involve issues that are entirely separate from the merits of the case. In most states, interlocutory appeals are permitted only in limited circumstances and are rarely granted.

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