appellants
Those contesting verdicts
Appellants are parties who appeal a court decision to a higher court, seeking to have the ruling overturned or modified.
The term appears almost exclusively in legal contexts: The appellants argued that the trial court had misapplied the law.
The opposing parties are called appellees.
Those making formal requests
- litigantsParties in a lawsuit
- plaintiffsThose initiating lawsuits
- defendantsThose facing prosecution
- respondentsThose who answer queries
claimants · grievants · complainants · parties · counsel · advocates · barristers · solicitors
Return for further proceedings
- reversalComplete change of direction
- mandamusWrit ordering statutory duty
- briefsSnug lower undergarments
- motionChange in position
reply · precedent · opinion · procedural · docket · hearing · oral argument · writ
Judicial decision-making body
- benchShared seating surface
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- verdictOfficial court decision
adjudication · courtroom · testimony · cross-examination · evidence · depositions · affidavits · subpoena
Formal claim of unfairness
- challengeTest of ability
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- contestOrganized competitive event
dissent · opposition · complaint · claim · disagreement · controversy
petitioners
Those making formal requests
- litigantsParties in a lawsuit
- plaintiffsThose initiating lawsuits
- defendantsThose facing prosecution
respondents · claimants · grievants · complainants · parties · counsel · advocates · barristers · solicitors · suer
remand
Return for further proceedings
- reversalComplete change of direction
- mandamusWrit ordering statutory duty
- briefsSnug lower undergarments
motion · reply · precedent · opinion · procedural · docket · hearing · oral argument · writ · certiorari
tribunal
Judicial decision-making body
- benchShared seating surface
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
verdict · adjudication · courtroom · testimony · cross-examination · evidence · depositions · affidavits · subpoena · witnesses
grievance
Formal claim of unfairness
contest · dissent · opposition · complaint · claim · disagreement · controversy
- appealscourt rulings, case law, legal precedents, judicial review, reported cases
- litigation partiesparties, plaintiffs, defendants, litigants, petitioners
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- requestersrequester, asker, askers, seeker, seekers
- victimsvictim, victims, casualty, survivors, fatality
- appellate courtscircuit court, state supreme court, high court rulings, court of last resort