appellant

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adjective

ap·​pel·​lant ə-ˈpe-lənt How to pronounce appellant (audio)
: of or relating to an appeal : appellate
an appellant court

appellant

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noun

: one that appeals
specifically : one that appeals from a judicial decision or decree

Examples of appellant in a Sentence

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Adjective
Click here to read appellant arguments over then-Judge Boynton’s key rulings in Jones’s trial and here for the state’s response. Dan Morse, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023 Matthew Halgren is an appellant attorney in San Diego, following in his mother’s footsteps. Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023 Finley, who lives in Lafayette, was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Attorney in Louisiana, appointed in 2010 as the chief law enforcement officer for the Western District of Louisiana comprised of 42 of the state's 64 parishes in civil, criminal and appellant litigation. NOLA.com, 23 Aug. 2020 The bill also removes Franklin Circuit Court as the appellant body for requests of legislative records. Steve Bittenbender, Washington Examiner, 24 Mar. 2021 Additionally, the city is supposed to give its evidence to the appellant five days before the hearing. Gustavo Solis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020 The appellant plead guilty to having perpetrated a criminal act. NBC News, 29 June 2018 But the federal court system in Alaska on Oct. 1 revised its restraint procedures following the appellant court's decision, Tilton points out. Alex Demarban, Alaska Dispatch News, 31 Oct. 2017
Noun
The restraint order passed by the respondent pursuant to the ad interim order and the confirmatory order restraining the appellant from functioning as a managing director is set aside. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023 The appellant shall, however, cooperate in the investigation. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023 In the event any material comes out against the appellant during the investigation, then the appropriate procedure can be adopted by SEBI in accordance with the law. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023 The appellants have argued since the circuit court ruling that the campus area maps and textual descriptions of campus areas that are to be patrolled by Hopkins police don’t match. Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023 The appellants assert that the agreement is fraught with provisions that contradict itself and the 2019 legislation that allowed Hopkins to start the creation of its own armed police force. Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023 With the city council at the time uninterested in passing an amendment, the residents had no choice but to donate their birds to a farm, said Blake Brasher, one of the appellants. Maliya Ellis, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023 All appellants have served out their sentences for this case. Time, 14 Aug. 2023 But on Friday, one group of appellants asked for that decision, made by a three-judge panel, to be reviewed by the full panel of all 6th Circuit judges. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2023 See More

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Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English appellaunt "making a charge in court," borrowed from Anglo-French appellant, appellaunt, present participle of apeler, appeler "to call, summon, call before a court" — more at appeal entry 2

Noun

Middle English appellant, appellaunt "person accusing another in court, plaintiff, challenger," borrowed from Anglo-French appellant, noun derivative of appellant, appellant "making a charge in court" — more at appellant entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of appellant was in the 14th century

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“Appellant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appellant. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.

Kids Definition

appellant

noun
ap·​pel·​lant
ə-ˈpel-ənt
: one that appeals
especially : one that appeals a judicial decision

Legal Definition

appellant

noun
ap·​pel·​lant
ə-ˈpe-lənt
: a person or party who appeals a court's judgment compare appellee

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