appellant
gb/əpˈɛlənt/ us/əpˈɛlənt/
C1
Anglais
Sens
0 sens
Nom
legal
C1
role
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Person making a legal appeal
The person or side in a legal case who appeals a court decision.
Schéma d’usage :
[the] appellant; appellant against [a decision/judgment]
Erreur fréquente :
Do not confuse appellant with applicant, who applies for something. The opposite side in an appeal is often called the respondent or appellee, depending on the legal system.
Synonymes
appealer (Much less common and less formal; rarely used in legal writing.)
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appellee (Not a synonym; in some systems this is the opposing party, included here only as a common point of confusion.)
Antonymes
respondent (The party responding to an appeal in many legal systems.)
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appellee (The party against whom an appeal is brought, especially in U.S. legal usage.)
Collocations
the appellant argued
|the appellant claimed
|the appellant submitted
|the appellant appealed
|counsel for the appellant
|the appellant's case
|the appellant's argument
|the appellant's conviction
|the successful appellant
|the unsuccessful appellant
Thèmes
law
|courts
|legal_process
Exemples
- The appellant argued that the trial judge had misdirected the jury.
- Counsel for the appellant asked the court to overturn the conviction.
- The court dismissed the appeal and ordered the appellant to pay costs.
Exemples pédagogiques
- The appellant wanted the higher court to change the decision.
- The judge listened to the appellant's lawyer.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
appellant
API
GB/əpˈɛlənt/
US/əpˈɛlənt/
Syllabes et accentuation
ap - pel - lant (3 syllabes)
Stress on 2nd syllable (pel)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: appellant
- Plural: appellants
Expressions
appellant's brief
1/əpˈɛlənts bɹˈif/
fixed phrase
legal
Written argument for an appeal
A document where the person appealing explains why the court decision was wrong.
Exemples
- The appellant's brief focused on errors in the judge's instructions to the jury.
- The court set a deadline for filing the appellant's brief.
- Her lawyer submitted the appellant's brief two weeks before oral argument.