appellant
IPA: ʌpˈɛɫʌnt
noun
- (law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in 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.
adjective
- (law) of or relating to appeals; appellate
- in the process of appealing
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