Hypertext Webster Gateway: "appeal"

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 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) 1.7 (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 [syn:
{appealingness}, {charm}]
3: 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
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); "appeal to
somebody for help"
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: "He invoked the law that would save
him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900" [syn: {invoke}]


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