ALL meanings of appeal
ap·peal
A a - noun appeal law: request for review 1
- abbreviation APPEAL attraction 1
- noun appeal petition, plea 1
- noun appeal urgent request 1
- noun appeal A serious or urgent request, typically one made to the public. 1
- noun appeal (law) (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. 0
- noun appeal A summons to answer to a charge. 0
- noun appeal 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. 0
- noun appeal Resort to physical means; recourse. 0
- noun appeal The power to attract or interest. 0
- verb appeal (Transitive Verb) OBS To accuse (someone of something). 0
- verb appeal (Transitive Verb) (law, 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. 0
- verb appeal (Transitive Verb) 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. 0
- verb appeal (Intransitive Verb) To be attractive. 0
- verb appeal (Intransitive Verb) (cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat". 0
- verb appeal To summon; to challenge. 0
- verb appeal To invoke. 0