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appellant

UK/əˈpɛln̩t/

appellant adjective: of or relating to appeals; appellate.

Adjective

appellant (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to appeals; appellate.
    • appellant jurisdiction.1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC
  2. In the process of appealing.
    • 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.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...

Noun

appellant (plural appellants)

  1. A litigant or party that is making an appeal in court.
    • The appellant made her submissions to the court.
  2. One who makes an earnest entreaty of any kind.
  3. (obsolete) One who challenges another to single combat.
  4. (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.

appellant meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

appellant in Tamil

மேல் முறையீடு தொடர்பான, மேல் முறையீட்டாளர், மேல் வழக்காடி, மேல்முறையீட்டாளர், வேண்டுகோள் செய்கிற, மேல்வழக்குத் தொடர்பான

appellant in Urdu

داعی

appellant in Bengali

আপিলকারী, পুনর্বিচারপ্রার্থী

appellant in Kannada

ಮೇಲ್ಮನವಿ, ಮನವಿದಾರ, ಮೇಲ್ಮನವಿದಾರ, ಮೇಲರ್ಜಿದಾರ, ಅಪೀಲುದಾರ

Examples of appellant in a sentence

  • As part of the within appeal the appellants brought a fresh evidence motion.
  • Even though the present appellant as respondent to that motion opposed, the prayer was granted.
  • The conviction of appellant Ali Akber rests on the circumstantial evidence of Mst.

All 12 example sentences with appellant

Synonyms of appellant

Forms of appellant

Adjective
alternative form (obsolete)appellaunt
Noun
pluralappellants

Origin of appellant

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French apelant.

Questions about appellant

What does appellant mean?
Appellant means of or relating to appeals; appellate.
What is appellant in Tamil?
Appellant in Tamil is மேல் முறையீடு தொடர்பான, மேல் முறையீட்டாளர், மேல் வழக்காடி. See Appellant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is appellant?
Appellant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce appellant?
Appellant is pronounced /əˈpɛln̩t/ (UK).

Words near appellant in the dictionary

  1. Appell-Lerch sum
  2. Appell-Lerch sums
  3. appellability
  4. appellable
  5. appellancy
  6. appellant
  7. appellants
  8. appellate
  9. appellate court
  10. appellate courts
  11. appellate jurisdiction

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Adapted from Wiktionary: appellant (page history and authors); appellant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); appellant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); appellant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); appellant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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