Associations to the word «Appeal»

APPEAL, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To accuse (someone of something).

APPEAL, verb. (transitive) (legal) (chiefly US) (informal elsewhere) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination or for decision.

APPEAL, verb. (transitive) 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.

APPEAL, verb. (intransitive) To be attractive.

APPEAL, verb. (intransitive) (cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat".

APPEAL, verb. To summon; to challenge.

APPEAL, verb. To invoke.

APPEAL, noun. (legal) (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination 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.

APPEAL, noun. A summons to answer to a charge.

APPEAL, noun. 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.

APPEAL, noun. (cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.

APPEAL, noun. Resort to physical means; recourse.

APPEAL, noun. The power to attract or interest.

APPEAL TO AUTHORITY, noun. (logical fallacy) An assertion deemed true because of the position or authority of the person asserting it.

APPEAL TO EMOTION, noun. Alternative form of argumentum ad passiones

APPEAL TO EMOTIONS, noun. Plural of appeal to emotion

APPEAL, noun. Earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm".

APPEAL, noun. Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her".

APPEAL, noun. (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".

APPEAL, noun. Request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children".

APPEAL, verb. Take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately".

APPEAL, verb. Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble".

APPEAL, verb. Be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people".

APPEAL, verb. Challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict".

APPEAL, verb. 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".