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APPELLATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)
Example:
appellate court
Synonyms:
appellant; appellate
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Pertainym:
appeal ((law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial)
