appellor

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

noun British Law.

a person who prosecutes in an appellate proceeding.
Obsolete. a person who accuses another in a criminal appeal.

Origin of appellor

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

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Examples from the Web for appellor

Historical Examples of appellor

The appellor also had to show that he immediately raised the hue and cry.
The Common Law
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
No appellor has received more tender and forgiving judgement.
The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
Glanvill says that wounds are within the sheriff's jurisdiction, unless the appellor adds a charge of breach of the king's peace.
The Common Law
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.