unappealable
Americanadjective
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not appealable to a higher court, as a cause.
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incapable of being appealed from, as a judgment.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unappealability noun
- unappealableness noun
- unappealably adverb
Etymology
Origin of unappealable
1625–35; un- 1 + appealable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Though a ruling that denies a motion to dismiss is not final and therefore, ordinarily unappealable, the Supreme Court decision in Nixon v.
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2022
In many cases, second-tier courts had final, unappealable say, with the Supreme Court cut out of the process.
From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2020
The second mandates that any typographical error on the application results in immediate, unappealable disqualification.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2019
Arbitrators do not need to give their reasons for a decision and their rulings "are essentially unappealable," he said.
From Reuters • Jul. 3, 2012
He spoke with the decision of one whose commands had been unappealable, and all the barbarian chief lightened in his eyes.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 340, Supplementary Number (1828) by Various
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