appellant
See also: appelant
English edit
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From Anglo-Norman, from Old French apelant.
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appellant (not comparable)
- (law) of or relating to appeals; appellate
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
- appellant jurisdiction.
- in the process of appealing
- 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:
- 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.
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of or relating to appeals
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Noun edit
appellant (plural appellants)
- (law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court
- Synonym: plaintiff in error
- The appellant made her submissions to the court.
- One who makes an earnest entreaty of any kind.
- (obsolete) One who challenges another to single combat.
- (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.
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litigant or party that is making an appeal
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appellant
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appellant
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian appellante.
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appellant m (plural appellanti, feminine appellanta)
Adjective edit
appellant (feminine singular appellanta, plural appellanti)