appel lability (apelabiliti)

[ appealable. appellable (a-pel'a-bl), a. [L. as if * appella bilis, appellare, appeal: see appeal. Cf. appeal able.] Capable of being appealed; appealable, appellancy (a-pel'an-si), n. [ The first having an appellant jurisdiction over the sec ond. Hallam . II. n. 1. In law : (a) One who appeals or removes a cause from a lower to a higher tribunal. (bt) One who prosecutes another for a crime, such as felony or treason.-2. One who looks to any tribunal for corroboration or vindication.-3t. One who challenges or summons another to single combat. This is the day appointed for the combat; And ready are the appellant and defendant. 271 a naming, There is such a noise i' the court...with their several voices of citations, appellations , allegations, certificates, etc. B. Jonson , Epicœne. 2t. The act of appealing for aid, sympathy, etc.; entreaty.-3. The act of naming; nomenclature.-4. The word by which a person or thing is called and known; name; title.-5. In logic, the acceptation of a term to denote an existing thing.Formal appellation. See formal. Syn. 4. Designation, etc. (see name, n.), cognomen, epithet. appellative (a-pel'a-tiv), a. and n. [F. ap pellatif, Nor is it likely he [St. Paul] would give the common ap pellative name of "Books" to the divinely inspired writings, without any other note of distinction. Bp . Bull , Works, II. 401. II. n. 1. In gram ., a common name in distinction from a proper name; a name standing for a whole cla : thus, the word man is the appellative of the whole human race, fowl of all winged animals, tree of all plants of a particular cla , etc.-2. Title; appellation; nick name. There [in the rosary] also the ble ed Virgin Mary, after many glorious appellatives , is prayed to in these words. Jer. Taylor, Di . from Popery, p. 218. appellatively (a-pel'a-tiv-li), adv. In an appellative manner; in gram., according to the manner of appellative nouns; in a manner to expre whole cla es or species: as, the name Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name to signify a strong man. appellative ne (a-pel'a-tiv-nes), n. quality of being appellative. Fuller. appellatory (a-pela-to-ri), a. [L. appellato rius, appeal. The An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the Ayliffe , Parergon. party appellant. appellee (ap-e-lē'), n. [F. appelé ( appel- lat us ), pp. of appeler : see appeal and appellate .] In law , the person against whom an appeal is brought; the respondent in an appeal. appellor (a-pel'or), n. [ME. apelour , and by apheresis pelour , apelour , appel our , ape- leur , earlier apeleor , apelor , appel lat or , acc. app ell a to rem , appellant, appellare , pp. appel- lat us , appeal: see appeal .] In law : (a) The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for crime. (This term is not now ap- plied to the plaintiff in appeal from a lower IMG:content-0982.png:[blocks in formation] Swift, Tale of a Tub, Epist. Ded.