Definition of appeal

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Appeal (v. t.) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public..

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Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) A summons to answer to a charge.
Moving :: Moving (a.) Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal..
Arraign :: Arraign (v. t.) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin..
Rota :: Rota (n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court..
Swear :: Swear (v. i.) To make an appeal to God in an irreverant manner; to use the name of God or sacred things profanely; to call upon God in imprecation; to curse.
Provoke :: Provoke (v. i.) To appeal. [A Latinism.
Inappealable :: Inappealable (a.) Not admitting of appeal; not appealable.
Eloquent :: Eloquent (a.) Adapted to express strong emotion or to state facts arguments with fluency and power; as, an eloquent address or statement; an eloquent appeal to a jury..
Inappellable :: Inappellable (a.) Inappealable; final.
Move :: Move (v. t.) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence..
Appealed :: Appealed (imp. & p. p.) of Appeas.
Appealable :: Appealable (a.) That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter..
Protestant :: Protestant (v.) One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church..
Appealing :: Appealing (a.) That appeals; imploring.
Languish :: Languish (v. i.) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy..
Assault :: Assault (n.) A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government..
Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
Appellant :: Appellant (a.) Relating to an appeal; appellate.
Appealer :: Appealer (n.) One who makes an appeal.
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