appeal

An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.countableuncountable

The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.countableuncountable

A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.countableuncountable

• I have an appeal against the lower court decision.

An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).countablehistoricaluncountable

• Anciently an appeal lay for high treaſon. […] But it ſeems to be taken away by the ſt[atute] 1 H[enry] 4. 14. And now, if murder be made treaſon, an appeal does not lie.

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 offence against the public; an accusation.countablehistoricaluncountable

• Ovld Iohn of Gaunt time honoured Lancaſter, / Haſt thou according to thy oath and bande / Brought hither Henrie Herford thy bolde ſonne, / Here to make good the boiſtrous late appeale, / Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare / Again

At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).countablehistoricaluncountable

A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.countableuncountable

• He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival.

A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.; The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.countableuncountable

A resort to some physical means; a recourse.countablefigurativelyuncountable

A power to attract or interest.countablefigurativelyuncountable

• The shows’ viewer appeal is simple: they’re family-friendly, good-natured and easy to play along with.
• It's blowing a gale and this holiday destination loses all its appeal in an instant in weather like this.

Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.intransitive

• Dissatisfied with the judge’s ruling, she decided to appeal.
• He was advised by his lawyer to appeal against his conviction.

To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).transitive

• The plaintiff appealed the decision to the appellate court.

To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).historicaltransitive

• We thanke you both, yet one but flatters vs, / As well appeareth by the cauſe you come, / Namely to appeale each other of high treaſon: […]
• He gan that Ladie ſtrongly to appele / Of many haynous crymes by her enured, / And with ſharpe reaſons rang her ſuch a pele, / That thoſe, whom ſhe to pitie had allured, / He now t'abhorre and loath her perſon had procured.

Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.historicaltransitive

Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).historicaltransitive

To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.intransitive

• And we are as willing to appeal to the Scripture as you.

To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.; Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".intransitive

To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.intransitive

• I appeal to all of you to help the orphans.

To have recourse or resort to some physical means.figurativelyintransitive

• Among the claimants were the mightiest sovereigns of the continent: there was little chance that they would submit to any arbitration but that of the sword; and it could not be hoped that, if they appealed to the sword, other potentates who

To be attractive.figurativelyintransitive

• That idea appeals to me.