Examples of appellant in a Sentence
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
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
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Word History
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
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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