appellor

[uh-pel-awr, ap-uh-lawr]

noun

British Law.

1. a person who prosecutes in an appellate proceeding.

2. Obsolete.,  a person who accuses another in a criminal appeal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of appellor¹

1400–50; late Middle English apelour < Anglo-French, Old French apeleor < Latin appellātor appellant. See appellate, -tor

Example Sentences

After that the appellor was allowed to go at large, and he could not be again tried by wager of law after having claimed his wager of battle.

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Appellee is opposed both to appellant and appellor.

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Verbs substantive, as sum, I am, forem, I might be, fio, I am made, existo, I am; verbs passive of calling, as nominor, I am named, appellor, I am called, dicor, I am said, vocor, I am called, nuncupor, 94 I am named, and the like to them, as videor, I am seen, habeor, I am accounted, existimor, I am thought, have the same cases before and after them, as Adeps viridis est summum bonum: Green fat is the chief good.

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On the other hand if the prosecution were on the part of the Crown, seven compurgators were deemed enough, the reason being that the King had not the personal interest in bringing a criminal to justice of a private appellor.

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Finally, the appellor was obliged to swear by seven lawful men, who were to be named, that he had laid upon the accused the necessity of the ordeal neither from hatred nor from any other cause but that he might acquire his right.

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