appellant
One seeking reversal
An appellant is someone who appeals a court decision to a higher court, seeking to have the ruling changed or overturned.
The term appears almost exclusively in legal contexts: The appellant argued that the trial court had misapplied the law.
The opposing party is the appellee.
One who formally requests
- litigantParty in lawsuit
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- claimantOne asserting entitlement
- defendantParty facing charges
appellee · grievant · complainant · party · counsel · attorney · brief · motion
Judicial decision-making body
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- benchShared seating surface
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- docketCourt's case schedule
hearing · remand · opinion · precedent · adjudication · judiciary · jurist · magistrate
petitioner
One who formally requests
defendant · appellee · grievant · complainant · party · counsel · attorney · brief · motion · lawsuit
tribunal
Judicial decision-making body
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- benchShared seating surface
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
docket · hearing · remand · opinion · precedent · adjudication · judiciary · jurist · magistrate · session
overturn
Reverse or invalidate
annul · quash · rescind · invalidate · nullify · revoke · affirm · reverse · uphold · modify
objector
One who formally disagrees
- protesterOne who publicly opposes
- dissenterOpponent of orthodoxy
- challengerOne competing against incumbent
disputant · recourse · redress · remedy · due process · fairness · equity · rights · relief · vindication
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- legal termstrial, legal, lawsuit, law, verdict
- legalesehereby, herein, hereinafter, hereof, hereto
- Federal Courtsfederal court, federal courts, district court, district courts, circuit court
- legal vocabularylaw dictionary, legal jargon, legalese, legal language, legal terminology
- petitionersplaintiff, claimant, applicant, complainant, supplicant
- appellate decisionHigher court's judgment
- appellate courtTribunal reviewing lower decisions
- appellate briefWritten legal argument for review