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
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
Mr. Picard had set aside most of the roughly $11 billion in assets that he and the government had collected until a final "unappealable" decision had been reached.
From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2012
At the moment in which he found that he loved his cousin above all of women's mold, an unappealable voice in his bosom made him crush every fond desire.
From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane
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