Appeal

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NOUN

earnest or urgent request

attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

(law) 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

request for a sum of money

VERB

take a court case to a higher court for review

request earnestly (something from somebody)

be attractive to

challenge (a decision)

cite as an authority

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