Appeal
WordNet
noun
(1) (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
"Their appeal was denied in the superior court"
(2) Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
"His smile was part of his appeal to her"
(3) Request for a sum of money
"An appeal to raise money for starving children"
(4) Earnest or urgent request
"An entreaty to stop the fighting"
"An appeal for help"
"An appeal to the public to keep calm"
verb
(5) Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
"Appeal to somebody for help"
"Invoke God in times of trouble"
(6) Be attractive to
"The idea of a vacation appeals to me"
"The beautiful garden attracted many people"
(7) Take a court case to a higher court for review
"He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
(8) Challenge (a decision)
"She appealed the verdict"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To accuse (someone of something).
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
- And there opynly Sir Mador appeled the quene of the deth of hys cousyn Sir Patryse.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
- To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision. --Tomlins. WP
- I appeal unto Cæsar. --Acts xxv. 11.
- To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.
- To be attractive; as, that idea appeals to me means I find the idea attractive.
- To ask an umpire for a decision of whether a batsman is out or not
Noun
- (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reëxamination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of appeal. (d) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public. (e) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. --Tomlins. --Bouvier.
- A summons to answer to a charge. --John Dryden.
- A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.
- A kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders. -Francis Bacon.
- Resort to physical means; recourse.
- The power to attract or interest
- : the act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision of whether a batsman is out or not.