appellant /ə-pelˈənt/ noun- A person who appeals, specif (law) against a decision of the first court or tribunal to a higher body
- A person who impeaches (obsolete)
- A challenger to single combat (obsolete)
- A person who in the Jansenist controversy appealed against the bull Unigenitus (1713) to a pope ‘better informed’, or to a general council (church hist)
ORIGIN: L appellāre, -ātum to call appellˈate adjective - Relating to appeals
- (of a tribunal) having the power to review cases on appeal and reverse decisions of inferior courts
appellation /ap-ə-lāˈshən/ noun - A name, esp one attached to a particular person
- The act of naming
appellāˈtional adjective appellˈative /ə-pelˈə-tiv/ noun - A common noun or common name (as distinguished from a proper name)
- A designation
adjective- (of nouns) common (as distinguished from proper)
- Of or relating to the giving of names
appellˈatively adverb appellee /ap-el-ēˈ/ noun (law) A person accused or appealed against |