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noun

Appellant n.

(Law)

(a)

One who accuses another of felony or treason. (Obs.)

(b)

One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.

A challenger. (Obs.)

(Eccl. Hist.) One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus.

One who appeals or entreats.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... procedure in a case on appeal when the appellant desires, after appeal, to add to the evidence taken at the trial of first instance. Affidavits are presented on both sides before the judge of first instance, an interlocutory decision is pronounced, time is allowed for filing objections, and the record of ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, Volume V., 1582-1583 • Various

... with the Jutlanders of the peninsula of Jutland. The common forms are Jutland, Jute, Jutones, and Jutenses, but they are not the only ones. In A.D. 952, we find "Dania cismarina quam Vitland incolae appellant."—"Annales Saxonici."[13] ...

— A Handbook of the English Language • Robert Gordon Latham

... a sitting at the Tournelle by M. de Mesmes, on the 18th of August 1657, the appellant ladies' and the defendants' opposition was rejected with fine and costs. La Pigoreau was forbidden to leave the city and suburbs of Paris under penalty of summary conviction. The judgment in the case followed the rejection of ...

— Celebrated Crimes, Complete • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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