Appellate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having the power to hear court appeals and to review court decisions.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals.
  • n. A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See appellee.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To call by a name; call; name; entitle.
  • Pertaining to appeals; having cognizance of appeals: as, an appellate court.
  • n. A person appealed or prosecuted for a crime; an appellee.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)
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