appellateadjective
uk/əˈpel.ət/us/əˈpel.ət/involving an attempt to get a legal decision changed:
The mistrial ruling was upheld in 2013 by a state appellate court.
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Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- application
- ask for sb
- beseech
- besought
- bum
- cri de coeur
- crowdsource
- freeloader
- gateway
- go over sb's head idiom
- hit
- hit sb up
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- implore
- out with it! idiom
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
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