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appellate

[uh-pel-it]

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adjective Law.

of or pertaining to appeals.

having the power or authority to review and decide appeals, as a court.

Origin:
1720–30; < Latin appellātus called upon, named, appealed to (past participle of appellāre), equivalent to ap- ap-¹ + pell- move, go + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

non·ap·pel·late, adjective

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appellate (əˈpɛlɪt)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to appeals
2.	(of a tribunal) having jurisdiction to review cases on appeal and to reverse decisions of inferior courts

[C18: from Latin appellātus summoned, from appellāre to appeal]

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appellate

"pertaining to appeals," 1768, from L. appellatus, pp. of appellare (see appeal). Appellate jurisdiction is in Blackstone (1768).

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"It is quite a startling proposition, and a very novel one, I think, that there shall be absolutely no opportunity for the review in an appellate court, in cases involving such large amounts, of questions involving the construction of the statute under which the court is proceeding, or those various questions of law, many of them new, which necessarily arise in such cases. Neither the claimants, the Indians, nor the Government of the United States should be absolutely denied opportunity to bring their exceptions to review by some appellate tribunal."

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