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appellant

[uh-pel-uhnt] / əˈpɛl ənt /
NOUN
appealer
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NOUN
defendant
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NOUN
respondent
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“We conclude the trial court failed to take some necessary factors into account during sentencing when considering whether appellant was eligible for probation,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2024

"The tribunal found that suspension was necessary to protect the public as the appellant did not have insight into her failings," he said.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2023

“Both the circuit court and state’s attorney for Baltimore failed repeatedly to provide appellant Young Lee that dignity, respect, and sensitivity he is entitled to receive in this state,” lawyer David Sanford argued in court.

From Washington Post Feb. 2, 2023

“I don’t deny that the appellant was trying to obtain the information with good intentions. But as the magistrate had pointed out, in terms of conviction, having good intentions is not a justification,” Lee said.

From Seattle Times Nov. 6, 2022

Oxford and Suffolk succeeded in escaping to France, but the king and the rest of his adherents fell into the hands of the lords appellant.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various




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