Dictionary

appellant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /əˈpɛln̩t/ (UK)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French apelant.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to appeals; appellate.
   • appellant jurisdiction. 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
2. (not-comparable) In the process of appealing.
   • Firſt, heauen be the record to my ſpeech, In the deuotion of a ſubiects loue, Tendering the precious ſafetie of my Prince, And free from other misbegotten hate, Come I appealant to rhis ^([sic]) Princely preſence. 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:

Forms

Translations (2)

pl apelacyjny (of or relating to appeals) · ga achomharcach (of or relating to appeals)

appellant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈpɛln̩t/ (UK)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French apelant.

Meanings

1. A litigant or party that is making an appeal in court.
   • The appellant made her submissions to the court.
2. One who makes an earnest entreaty of any kind.
3. (obsolete) One who challenges another to single combat.
4. (historical) One of the clergy in the Jansenist controversy who rejected the bull Unigenitus issued in 1713, appealing to a pope "better informed", or to a general council.

Forms

Coordinates

appellee

Synonyms

plaintiff in error

Translations (13)

es apelante (litigant or party that is making an appeal) · sh апѐлант (litigant or party that is making an appeal) · mi kaipīra (litigant or party that is making an appeal) · mi kaitono pīra (litigant or party that is making an appeal) · sv klagande (litigant or party that is making an appeal) · sh apèlant (litigant or party that is making an appeal) · pt apelante (litigant or party that is making an appeal) · pt recorrente (litigant or party that is making an appeal) · ga achomharcóir (litigant or party that is making an appeal) · la apellātor (litigant or party that is making an appeal) · pl apelant (litigant or party that is making an appeal) · fi muutoksenhakija (litigant or party that is making an appeal) · fr appelant (litigant or party that is making an appeal)