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Appellant
is always a great word to know.
So is bankrupt. Does it mean:
| a formal and specific claim by a plaintiff for damages |
| a person who is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law |
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| appellant (əˈpɛlənt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who appeals |
| 2. | law the party who appeals to a higher court from the decision of a lower tribunal |
| —adj | |
| 3. | law another word for appellate |
| [C14: from Old French; see | |
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appellant
late 14c., Anglo-Fr., from O.Fr. appellant, noun from prp. of appeller, from L. appellare (see appeal).
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