appeal /ə-pēlˈ/

1. To call upon, have recourse to (with to)
2. To refer (to a witness or superior authority)
3. To make supplication or earnest request (to a person for a thing)
4. To ask for (aid, charity, etc) by making a demand on people's feelings
5. To resort for verification or proof (to some principle or person)
6. To attract one's interest or enjoyment
7. To demand another judgement by a higher court
8. To remove to another court
9. To ask for the umpire's decision esp as to whether a player is out (cricket)

1. To call on a higher court to review (a case, conviction, etc) (esp US)
2. To accuse (Spenser, Shakespeare)
3. To offer up (prayers) (Spenser)

1. Recourse
2. An act of appealing
3. A supplication
4. A process by which a party may have a decision reviewed by a higher court or authority (law)
5. A case under such a process (law)
6. An evocation of sympathetic feeling, interest or enjoyment
7. (in advertising) an element designed to meet a particular desire of consumers
8. An impeachment (Shakespeare)
9. A challenge (to defend one's honour) (obsolete)

appealˈable adjective

(of a decision) that can be appealed against or referred to a superior tribunal

appealˈing adjective

1. Making an appeal
2. Imploring
3. Arousing sympathy
4. Attractive, enticing

appealˈingly adverb

appealˈingness noun

appeal court noun

A court of law which has jurisdiction to hear appeals on points of law from the decisions of inferior courts

appeal to the country

To seek approval by a general election

Court of Appeal

A section of the English Supreme Court of Judicature that hears appeals on all High Court and most county court judgements, etc

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