English Dictionary

appeal

/əˈpiːl/

noun

An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

The appeal of the new restaurant lies in its unique menu and cozy atmosphere.

意味（1）

An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

意味（2）

The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.

意味（3）

A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.

I have an appeal against the lower court decision.

意味（4）

(historical) An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).

Anciently an appeal lay for high treaſon. […] But it ſeems to be taken away by the ſt[atute] 1 H[enry] 4. 14. And now, if murder be made treaſon, an appeal does not lie.

意味（5）

(historical) 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 offence against the public; an accusation.

Ovld Iohn of Gaunt time honoured Lancaſter, / Haſt thou according to thy oath and bande / Brought hither Henrie Herford thy bolde ſonne, / Here to make good the boiſtrous late appeale, / Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare / Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Moubray?

意味（6）

(historical) At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).

意味（7）

A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.

意味（8）

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

意味（9）

(figuratively) A resort to some physical means; a recourse.

意味（10）

(figuratively) A power to attract or interest.

意味（11）

(rhetoric) A call to, or the use of, a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.

意味（12）

(historical) A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge.

Nor ſhall the Sacred Character of the King / Be urg'd, to ſhield me from thy bold appeal.