Appellate

Word APPELLATE
Character 9
Hyphenation ap pel late
Pronunciations /əˈpɛlət/

Definitions and meanings of "Appellate"

What do we mean by appellate?

Of or relating to the review of a decision of a lower court by a higher court. adjective

Pertaining to appeals; having cognizance of appeals: as, an appellate court.

A person appealed or prosecuted for a crime; an appellee. noun

To call by a name; call; name; entitle.

Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals. adjective

A court having cognizance of appeals. adjective

A person or prosecuted for a crime. Obs. See appellee. noun

That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court. adjective

Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) adjective

That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.

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The word "appellate" in example sentences

Bozo The Neoclown says: timmeh defines “obstructionism” as telling the repukeliscums “no” while they try to sit activist judges in appellate courts ❋ Unknown (2010)

Today, they cannot retain appellate counsel or pay the costs of appeal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His entire practice of law appear to consist of two years or so in appellate litigation, so it would appear that he has zero “trial experience as a lawyer.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

In In re Antrobus, the Tenth Circuit rejected carefully reasoned decisions from the Second and Ninth Circuits and held that crime victims could only obtain appellate relief if they show that the district court had made a “clear and indisputable” error. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Of course, the word appears much more often in appellate opinions — I see 322 mentions in ALLCASES, 45 of them appearing in documents that also contain “Selya” and apparently only 4 from Fernandez. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Brief writing specifically is generally taught in appellate advocacy classes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She called the appellate court decision "a major milestone for our campaign," and said she respects the rule of law and hopes Mr. Emanuel's supporters will consider joining her. ❋ Douglas Belkin (2011)

A study of their use in appellate briefs (PDF, 334 KB) reports that “as things become less clear, judges tend to use ‘clearly,’ and ‘obviously’ more often.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

- Parties do not allege in appellate courts, they argue. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then a lawyer specializing in appellate work, the conservative Roberts helped represent the gay rights activists as part of his law firm's pro bono work. ❋ Unknown (2005)

In 1918 he opened his own law office and specialized in appellate court work until in 1932 he became engaged in his first big criminal trial -- the prosecution of the officers of the Bank of United States, which led to more and more trial work. ❋ Unknown (1958)

One would not want to paint Kagan as someone with a strong career in appellate advocacy, and her credentials in that area aren’t in the same ballpark with Roberts’. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It’s called the Appellate Clinic, where students actually write briefs and present oral arguments in appellate cases. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It probably doesn’t matter, as most of the participants are not likely to specialize in appellate practice, but it would, I suspect, be helpful for the students to know just how much of a “disconnect” is involved. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Because I am a practitioner, and not an academic, I don’t presume to know how many law schools offer substantive courses in appellate advocacy, but I hope that more do these days than did so when I graduated in 1986. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I’m sorry, I thought you were suggesting that certain appellate lawyers for Salim Hamdan and Lakhdar Boumediene might have a conflict of interest. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Beldar: One would not want to paint Kagan as someone with a strong career in appellate advocacy, and her credentials in that area aren’t in the same ballpark with Roberts’. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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