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APPELLATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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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)

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