Ap*peal" , n. [OE. appel, apel, OF.
apel, F. appel, fr.
appeler. See Appeal, v. t.]
1. (Law) (a) An application for the removal of a
cause or suit from an
inferior to a superior judge or court for reëxamination or review. (b)
The mode of proceeding by which such
removal is effected.
(c) The right of appeal. (d)
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. (e) An accusation of a felon at common law by
one of his
accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement. Tomlins.
Bouvier.
2. A summons to answer to a charge. Dryden.
3.
A call upon a person
or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help
or a favor;
entreaty.
A kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of
wonders.
Bacon.
4.
Resort to physical means; recourse.
Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation makes an appeal to arms.
Kent.
Ap*peal" , v. t. 1. (Law) To apply for the
removal of a cause from
an inferior to a superior
judge or court for the
purpose of reëxamination of for decision.
Tomlins.
I appeal unto Cæsar.
Acts xxv.
11.
2. To
call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of
what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.
I appeal to the Scriptures in the original.
Horsley.
They appealed to the sword.
Macaulay.
Ap*peal" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed (&?;);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Appealing.]
[OE. appelen,
apelen, to appeal, accuse, OF. appeler, fr. L. appellare to approach, address, invoke, summon, call, name; akin to appellere to drive to;
ad + pellere to drive. See Pulse, and cf. Peal.] 1. (Law) (a) 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. (b)
To charge with a crime;
to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to
appeal a person of felony.
2. To summon; to
challenge. [Archaic]
Man
to man will
I appeal the Norman to
the lists.
Sir W. Scott.
3.
To invoke. [Obs.]
Milton.
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