right of appeal

  • 1right of appeal — UK US noun [singular] the right to ask a court or other official body to consider changing a decision that you disagree with Thesaurus: court cases and legal processeshyponym …

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  • 2right to appeal — See right of appeal …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 3right of appeal — right of ap peal plural rights of appeal n law the legal right to ask for a court s decision to be changed …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4right of appeal — noun plural rights of appeal (C) law the legal right to ask for a court s decision to be changed …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5right of appeal — The right to invoke the jurisdiction of an appellate court to obtain a review of a judgment, existing, not as an inherent or inalienable right, but as a right conferred by law under proper authority. 4 Am J2d A & E §§ 172 et seq …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 6right of appeal — UK / US noun [singular] the right to ask a court or other official body to consider changing a decision that you disagree with …

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  • 7waiver of right to appeal — The relinquishment of the right to appeal from a judgment by express agreement or by the party s voluntary act or conduct. 4 Am J2d A & E § 235. Any act evidencing an intent to enjoy a benefit from, or base some interest upon, the judgment.… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 8appeal — ap·peal 1 /ə pēl/ n [Old French apel, from apeler to call, accuse, appeal, from Latin appellare]: a proceeding in which a case is brought before a higher court for review of a lower court s judgment for the purpose of convincing the higher court… …

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  • 9Appeal — Ap*peal , n. [OE. appel, apel, OF. apel, F. appel, fr. appeler. See {Appeal}, v. t.] 1. (Law) (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re[ e]xamination or review. (b) The mode of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10Appeal — For other uses, see Appeal (disambiguation). An appeal is a petition for review of a case that has been decided by a court of law. The petition is made to a higher court for the purpose of overturning the lower court s decision. The District of… …

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