5 tasty sandwich etymologies
Read moreWhich Joe gave his name to ‘sloppy joes’? We look at five interesting sandwiches and their lexical origins.
adjective
Law[attributive] (especially of a court) concerned with or dealing with applications for decisions to be reversed.
‘courts of appellate jurisdiction’- ‘New disputes have arisen following the decisions in the trial and appellate courts.’
- ‘That question has not been determined by any ultimate appellate court in any common law country.’
- ‘The Ohio intermediate appellate court ordered a new trial on the issue of damages.’
- ‘It is highly usual for an appellate court to get involved in a lawsuit before there is a final judgment in a trial.’
- ‘It may be, of course, that the person seeking the intervention of the appellate court will be acquitted.’
Origin
Late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘appealed against, accused’): from Latin appellatus appealed against, from the verb appellare (see appeal). The current sense dates from the mid 18th century.
Pronunciation:
Further reading
12 synonyms for fool
Read moreAre you looking for a word for a foolish person? We explore twelve interesting words to describe the dunderheads in your life.
6 ‘run’ phrases you probably don’t know
Read moreBefore you run for the hills, let’s run through a list of ‘run’ expressions that are running through our minds.
