appellant

See also: appelant

English

Alternative forms

• appellaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French apelant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpɛln̩t/

Adjective

appellant (not comparable)

1. (law) of or relating to appeals; appellate
   • (Can we date this quote by Hallam and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     An appellant jurisdiction.

2. in the process of appealing
   • 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 the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:

     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.

Translations

of or relating to appeals

• Interlingue:
• Irish: achomharcach
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Noun

appellant (plural appellants)

1. (law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court

   The appellant made her submissions to the court.

   Synonym: plaintiff in error

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.

Coordinate terms

• appellee

Translations

litigant or party that is making an appeal

• Finnish: muutoksenhakija
• French: appelant (fr) m
• Interlingue:
• Irish: achomharcóir m
• Latin: apellātor m
• Maori: kaipīra
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: apelante m or f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: апѐлант m

  Roman: apèlant (sh) m

• Spanish: apelante m or f

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French

Verb

appellant

1. present participle of appeller

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) appellant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of appellō