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APPELLANT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The party who appeals a decision of a lower court

Synonyms:

appellant; plaintiff in error

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("appellant" is a kind of...):

litigant; litigator ((law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation)

Derivation:

appeal (take a court case to a higher court for review)

appellant (of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)

Example:

appellate court

Synonyms:

appellant; appellate

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Pertainym:

appeal ((law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial)

Derivation:

appeal (take a court case to a higher court for review)

appeal (challenge (a decision))

appellant (the party who appeals a decision of a lower court)

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