appellate

Speech parts

1. appellate - Noun

2. appellate - Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals.

A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

appellant appeal calling objective recovery judicial proceeding renew caller inrush higher proceedings restart cassation recommence

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Antonyms

end loss remain continue damage maintain

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Phrases with the word

appellate courts appellate level appellate claims court appellate authority appellate capacity appellate instance

Examples

The right to dissent is the only thing that makes life tolerable for a judge of an appellate court... the affairs of government could not be conducted by democratic standards without it. William O. Douglas

Appellate review is not a magic wand and we undermine public confidence in the judicial process when we make it look like it is. Alex Kozinski

The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will be appointed who will reinterpret laws, and things can change. Johnnie Cochran

One aspect of appellate judging is we have to give reasons for all of our decisions. And when you sit down and try to write it out, sometimes you find that your first judgment wasn't the right one. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

POSTERITY, n. An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor. Ambrose Bierce

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Close letter words and terms

appellable appellancy appellant appellate authority appellate capacity appellate claims court