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  APPEAL, v.t.  In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Appeal
     a reference of any case from an inferior to a superior court.
     Moses established in the wilderness a series of judicatories
     such that appeals could be made from a lower to a higher (Ex.
     18:13-26.)
     
       Under the Roman law the most remarkable case of appeal is that
     of Paul from the tribunal of Festus at Caesarea to that of the
     emperor at Rome (Acts 25:11, 12, 21, 25). Paul availed himself
     of the privilege of a Roman citizen in this matter.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Appeal \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
            re["e]xamination 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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A summons to answer to a charge. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of
              wonders.                              --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Resort to physical means; recourse.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation
              makes an appeal to arms.              --Kent.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Appeal \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
        re["e]xamination of for decision. --Tomlins.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I appeal unto C[ae]sar.               --Acts xxv.
                                                    11.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
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              I appeal to the Scriptures in the original.
                                                    --Horsley.
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              They appealed to the sword.           --Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Appeal \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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To summon; to challenge. [Archaic]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To invoke. [Obs.] --Milton.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Appeal \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
        re["e]xamination of for decision. --Tomlins.
  
              I appeal unto C[ae]sar.               --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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Appeal \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Appeal \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
            re["e]xamination 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  appeal
       n 1: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the
            fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the
            public to keep calm" [syn: entreaty, prayer]
       2: attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his
          smile was part of his appeal to her" [syn: appealingness,
           charm]
       3: (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; "their appeal was
          denied in the superior court"
       4: request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for
          starving children" [syn: solicitation, collection, ingathering]
       v 1: take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was
            found guilty but appealed immediately"
       2: request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or
          protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in
          times of trouble" [syn: invoke]
       3: be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me";
          "The beautiful garden attracted many people" [syn: attract]
          [ant: repel]
       4: challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict"
       5: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that
          would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She
          invoked an ancient law" [syn: invoke]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  appeal
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η έφεση
     2 η ένσταση κατά μιας διοικητικής απόφασης
     3 η έκκληση, η προσφυγή
     4 η ελκυστικότητα, η γοητεία, η έλξη, κάτι που κινεί το ενδιαφέρον
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 εφεσιβάλλω, κάνω έφεση
     2 κάνω ένσταση κατά μιας απόφασης
     3 κάνω έκκληση
     4 ελκύω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  appeal
     Italian n.
     1 (l en appeal) (power to attract or interest)
     2 sex appeal

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  appeal
     alt.
     (l en appeale) (qualifier obsolete 16th–17th c.)
     n.
     1 (lb en law)
     2 # An application to a superior court or judge#Noun for a decision
  or order#Noun by an inferior court or judge to be review#Verb and
  overturn#Verb.
     3 # The legal#Adjective document#Noun or form#Noun by which such an
  application is make#Verb; also, the court case in which the application
  is argued.
     4 # A person's legal right#Noun to apply#Verb to court#Noun for such
  a review#Noun.
     5 # (lb en historical) An accusation or charge#Noun against someone
  for wrongdoing (especially treason).
     6 # (lb en historical) A process#Noun which formerly might be
  institute#Verb by one private#Adjective person against another for some
  heinous crime demand#Verb punishment for the particular#Adjective injury
  suffered, rather than for the offence against the public#Noun; an
  accusation.
     7 # (lb en historical) At common law, an accusation made against a
  felon by one of their accomplices (call#Verb an approver).
     8 A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help#Noun, or
  proof#Noun; an entreaty, an invocation.
     9 # (lb en cricket) The act#Noun, by the fielding#Noun side#Noun, of
  ask#Verb an umpire#Noun for a decision on whether a batsman is
  out#Adjective or not.
     10 (lb en figuratively) A resort#Noun to some physical#Adjective
  means#Noun; a recourse#Noun.
     11 (senseid en attractiveness)(lb en figuratively) A power#Noun to
  attract or interest#Verb.
     12 (lb en rhetoric) A call to, or the use#Noun of, a principle or
  quality#Noun for purpose#Noun of persuasion.
     13 (lb en historical) A summons#Noun to defend one's honour#Noun in a
  duel#Noun, or one's innocence in a trial#Noun by combat#Noun; a
  challenge#Noun.
     vb.
     1 (lb en law)
     2 # (lb en intransitive) ''Often followed by'' '''against''' ''(the
  inferior court's decision)'' or '''to''' ''(the superior court)'': to
  apply to a superior court or judge#Noun for a decision or order#Noun by
  an inferior court or judge to be review#Verb and overturn#Verb.
     3 # (lb en transitive originally US) To apply to a superior court or
  judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court
  or judge).
     4 # (lb en transitive historical) To accuse or charge#Verb (someone)
  with wrongdoing (especially treason).
     5 # (lb en transitive historical) Of a private#Adjective person: to
  institute#Verb legal proceeding#Noun (against another private person)
  for some heinous crime, demand#Verb punishment for the
  particular#Adjective injury suffered.
     6 # (lb en transitive historical) Of the accomplice of a felon: to
  make#Verb an accusation at common law against (the felon).
     7 (lb en intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to
  corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted#Adjective
  question#Noun, or to vindicate one's right#Noun; to entreat#Verb, to
  invoke.
     8 # (lb en intransitive cricket) Of a fielding#Noun side#Noun; to
  ask#Verb an umpire#Noun for a decision on whether a batsman is
  out#Adjective or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or
  "Howzat?".
     9 (lb en intransitive) To call upon someone for a favour#Noun,
  help#Noun, etc.
     10 (lb en intransitive figuratively) To have recourse#Noun or
  resort#Noun to some physical#Adjective means#Noun.
     11 (lb en intransitive figuratively) To be attractive.
     12 (lb en transitive historical) To summon#Verb (someone) to defend
  their honour#Noun in a duel#Noun, or their innocence in a trial#Noun by
  combat#Noun; to challenge#Verb.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  appeal
     Italian n.
     1 (l en appeal) (power to attract or interest)
     2 sex appeal

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  appeal
     Italian n.
     1 (l en appeal) (power to attract or interest)
     2 sex appeal

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  appeal
     Englanti n.
     1 vetovoima, viehätys
     2 valitus, vetoomus
     3 (yhteys oikeustiede k=en) muutoksenhaku
     Englanti vb.
     1 (rak en to) vedota jkh, olla jkn mielestä vakuuttava
     2 (yhteys oikeustiede k=en) (rak en something to something) valittaa
  jstak (''päätöksestä'') jhk (''ylempään tuomioistuimeen'')

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  appeal
     Engelska n.
     1 bön, vädjan, appell
     2 attraktion
     Engelska vb.
     1 be, vädja, appellera
     2 (tagg juridik språk=en) appellera

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  appeal /ɐpˈiːl/
  1. appelleer
  2. appèl, beroep
  3. bede

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  appeal /ɐpˈiːl/
  aanroep, oproep

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Appeal /ɐpˈiːl/
  يستأنف