appellee

[Lat. appello... to appeal.] Law : 1. The defendant in a case appealed from a lower to a higher court. 2. The defendant against an accusation brought by a private person. [APPEAL, S., No. 3.] "In this case he is called an approver or prover prob at or, and the party appealed or accused is called the appellee."-Black stone: Comment ., bk. iv., ch. 25. ap-pěl'-lor, ap-pěl-lor', s . [Lat. appel lat or .] 1. One who accuses another person, called the appellee , of a crime, and prosecutes him before a criminal court. "If the appellee be acquitted, the appellor (by virtue of the statute of Westm. 2. 13 18 Edw. I., c. 12) shall suffer one year's imprisonment,." .-Black stone: Comment., bk. iv., ch. 23. 12. One who carries a case from an inferior to a superior court. When appellor and appelles are used together they are generally both accented on the last syllable. áp'-pěn-age, 8. [APPANAGE.]