Appeals

What does APPEALS mean?

Appeals is a form of APPEAL.

1. noun

   earnest or urgent request

   “an entreaty to stop the fighting”

2. noun

   attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

   “his smile was part of his appeal to her”

3. noun

   (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

   “their appeal was denied in the superior court”

4. verb

   take a court case to a higher court for review

   “He was found guilty but appealed immediately”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.