ap·pel·lant
ə-ˈpe-lənt 
: one that appeals
specifically
: one that appeals from a judicial decision or decree
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Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2024
Click here to read appellant arguments over then-Judge Boynton’s key rulings in Jones’s trial and here for the state’s response.
—Dan Morse, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
Lauren Jessop | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Oct. 2024
Those media companies are now appellants in a proceeding before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Adjective
Sorrells said the appellant court that overturned the conviction picked and chose facts and did not function as an appellant court should.
—Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2024
Click here to read appellant arguments over then-Judge Boynton’s key rulings in Jones’s trial and here for the state’s response.
—Dan Morse, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
Noun
In April, Lee’s attorneys submitted an appellant’s brief along with 17 supporting briefs, including one from Gov. Josh Shapiro, arguing that Lee’s sentence is unconstitutional.
—Lauren Jessop | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Oct. 2024
Those media companies are now appellants in a proceeding before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Appellant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appellant. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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