appealable

English

Etymology

appeal + -able

Adjective

appealable (comparative more appealable, superlative most appealable)

  1. (law, of a verdict etc.) That may be appealed, or sent to a higher court for judgement
  2. (obsolete) That may be accused or called to answer by appeal.
    a criminal is appealable for manslaughter

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for appealable in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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