NOUN | person | appellant, plaintiff in error | the party who appeals a decision of a lower court |
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ADJECTIVE | pert | appellant, appellate | of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) |
Meaning | Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals). | |
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Synonym | appellate | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Spanish | apelante, apelatorio | |
Nouns | appeal | (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting / granting of a new trial |
appellant | the party who appeals a decision of a lower court | |
Verbs | appeal | take a court case to a higher court for review |
appeal | challenge (a decision) |
Meaning | The party who appeals a decision of a lower court. | |
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Synonym | plaintiff in error | |
Broader | litigant, litigator | (law) a party to a lawsuit |
Spanish | apelante, demandante en casación, demandante, recurrente | |
Catalan | apel·lant, recurrent | |
Adjectives | appellant | of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) |
Verbs | appeal | take a court case to a higher court for review |
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