appealable
English
Etymology
Adjective
appealable (comparative more appealable, superlative most appealable)
- (law, of a verdict etc.) That may be appealed, or sent to a higher court for judgement
- (obsolete) That may be accused or called to answer by appeal.
- a criminal is appealable for manslaughter
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “appealable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Derived terms
Translations
that may be appealed
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