Appellate

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /əˈpÉ›lÉ™t/

Origin

From Latin appellātus.

Full definition of appellate

Adjective

1. That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.
• 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 228:In this game of bluff and counter-bluff, the parlementaires calculated that their absence – which entailed much of the country being without an appellate jurisdiction – would force the government to treat for terms.

Derived terms

• appellate court