• n.
    ⦿(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
    lexical concept
  • their appeal was denied in the superior court

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wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:appeal
wn:interlingual indexili:i41609

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rdfs:labelappeal