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appellant

[uh-pel-uhnt] / əˈpɛl ənt /
NOUN
appealer
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NOUN
defendant
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NOUN
respondent
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In a statement this month which suggests full transparency might yet take some time, it said: "The appellant will be granted access to the file, subject to conditions and requirements yet to be defined."

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

“We conclude the trial court failed to take some necessary factors into account during sentencing when considering whether appellant was eligible for probation,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

“For a court order to be reversible, the appellant has to demonstrate that an adverse consequence has arisen from the order,” he said.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2023

“Both the circuit court and state’s attorney for Baltimore failed repeatedly to provide appellant Young Lee that dignity, respect, and sensitivity he is entitled to receive in this state,” lawyer David Sanford argued in court.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023

Now, their most learned lordships find that there is absolutely no evidence that the appellant was an evil liver, much less an open and notorious evil liver.

From Satires And Profanities by G. W. (George William) Foote


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