appeal

• To summon
• earnest or urgent request
• attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
• (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
• request for a sum of money
• take a court case to a higher court for review
• request earnestly (something from somebody)
• be attractive to
• challenge (a decision)
• cite as an authority
• To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court
• To charge with a crime
• To invoke
• 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
• To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one´s rights, etc
• An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reexamination or review
• The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected
• The right of appeal
• An accusation
• An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver
• A summons to answer to a charge
• A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one´s favor
• Resort to physical means
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Maryland

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