appellee

American  

[ap-uh-lee] / ˌæp əˈli /

noun

Law.

1. the defendant or respondent in an appellate proceeding.

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appellee British  

/ ˌæpɛˈliː /

noun

1. law a person who is accused or appealed against

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Etymology

Origin of appellee

1525–35; < Anglo-French, Old French apelé, past participle of apeler to appeal; see -ee

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• appellant vs. appellee

Explanation

When someone loses a legal case and files an appeal, the appellee is the person or group who won the original case and is now defending that lower court's decision in a court of appeals. If the defendant in a criminal case is found guilty, they can file an appeal in the hopes of overturning the decision. That defendant is then known as the appellant, while the government prosecutor, who won the original conviction, becomes the appellee. When a party loses a civil lawsuit and files an appeal, they become the appellant, while the party who won in the lower court becomes the appellee. There can be more than one appellee, depending on how many plaintiffs there were in the original trial. The Latin root of appellee is appellare, "to call upon or speak to."

Example Sentences

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appellee

“The district courtʹs order releasing appellee Brendan Dassey is stayed pending resolution of this appeal,” the order stated.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2016

Counsel for appellee," he recites, "would limit it to traffic, to buying and selling," to which he answers that "this would restrict a general term... to one of its significations.

From John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court by Edward Samuel Corwin

It will be recollected, that in a former volume I gave you the form of the oath taken by the appellee in the ancient manner of trial by battle.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 347, December 20, 1828 by Various

The subject to be regulated is commerce; * * * The counsel for the appellee would limit it to traffic, to buying and selling, or the interchange of commodities, and do not admit that it comprehends navigation.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin

The party appealing is called appellant; the adverse party is the appellee or respondent.

From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Andrew W. Young