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ap⋅pel⋅lor

  [uh-pel-awr, ap-uh-lawr]
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–noun British Law.
1. a person who prosecutes in an appellate proceeding.
2. Obsolete. a person who accuses another in a criminal appeal.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME apelour < AF, OF apeleor < L appellātor appellant. See appellate, -tor
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Appellor

Ap`pel*lor"\ ([a^]p`p[e^]l*l[^o]r"), n. [OF. apeleur, fr. L. appellator, fr. appellare.] (Law) (a) The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. --Blackstone. (b) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices. --Blount. --Burrill.

Note: This word is rarely or never used for the plaintiff in appeal from a lower court, who is called the appellant. Appellee is opposed both to appellant and appellor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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