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Examples of appellee in a Sentence
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Indeed, the appeal comes to us with no appellee (a respondent in an appellate case) at all.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
But the commission held off after an objection from an attorney representing the appellee in the case.
—Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2023
The plaintiff-appellant (Sempowich) was represented by the Noble Law Firm and the defendant-appellee (Tactile Systems) was represented by Stinson LLP.
—Eric Bachman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
In the grandiloquent language of the law, the Most Junior Junior Assistant had stated that the appellant’s case was so utterly frivolous, so completely lacking in merit, that there was no need for the appellee to respond.
—New York Times, 14 July 2021
According to an appellee's brief filed in 2013, LeCroy's attorneys hired a psychiatrist to evaluate LeCroy.
—Jennifer Henderson and Steve Almasy, CNN, 22 Sep. 2020
What the appellees and dissent seek is an unprecedented expansion of judicial power.
—WSJ, 27 June 2019
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Anglo-French appelé "the accused, defendant," from present participle of apeler, appeler "to call, summon, call before a court, accuse" — more at appeal entry 2
First Known Use
1531, in the meaning defined above
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“Appellee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appellee. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
appellee
noun
ap·pel·lee
ˌap-ə-ˈlē
: one against whom an appeal is taken
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