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To resort to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court’s order. The person who seeks such a review is called an appellant and the person against whom the appeal is filed is called the appellee.
Appeal (Wikipedia)
The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (May 2016) |
In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision. Appeals function both as a process for error correction as well as a process of clarifying and interpreting law. Although appellate courts have existed for thousands of years, common law countries did not incorporate an affirmative right to appeal into their jurisprudence until the 19th century.
Appeal (Wiktionary)
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpiːl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpil/
- Rhymes: -iːl
- Hyphenation: ap‧peal
