appealableadj.
/əˈpiːləb(ə)l/ 1. That can be appealed against, or carried for decision to a higher tribunal.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > appeal or review > [adjective] > relating to appeal or appellant > appealed against > able to be
appealable1645
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. xv. 20 To clip the power of the Councell of State..by making it appealable to the Councell of Spain.
1783 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 2 80 The king's Revision Court to which all civil causes are appealable.
1883 Law Times 75 181/1 On appeal, the Court had great doubt whether the order, being discretionary, was appealable.
2. That can be appealed to; responsive to appeal.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > appealing > that may be appealed to or petitioned
invocable1848
appealable1860
petitionable1898
1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 348 ‘No impulses but those of the brute’ (says the modern political economist) ‘are appealable to in the world’.
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