Appeal vs. Repeal

Appealverb

(intransitive) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.

Appealverb

(intransitive) To call on (someone) for aid

Appealverb

To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination or for decision.

Appealverb

(intransitive) To be attractive.

Appealverb

To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat".

Appealverb

To accuse (someone of something).

Appealverb

To summon; to challenge.

Appealverb

To invoke (used with to).

Appealnoun

(legal)

Appealnoun

An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review.

Appealnoun

The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.

Appealnoun

The right of appeal.

Appealnoun

An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.

Appealnoun

An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver.

Appealnoun

A summons to answer to a charge.

Appealnoun

A call to a person or an authority for help, proof or a decision; entreaty.

Appealnoun

(cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.

Appealnoun

Resort to physical means; recourse.

Appealnoun

The power to attract or interest.

Appealverb

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.

Appealverb

To summon; to challenge.

Appealverb

To invoke.

Appealverb

To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reëxamination of for decision.

Appealverb

To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.

Appealnoun

An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reëxamination or review.

Appealnoun

A summons to answer to a charge.

Appealnoun

A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.

Appealnoun

Resort to physical means; recourse.

Appealnoun

earnest or urgent request;

Appealnoun

attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates;

Appealnoun

(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial;

Appealnoun

request for a sum of money;

Appealverb

take a court case to a higher court for review;

Appealverb

request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection;

Appealverb

be attractive to;

Appealverb

challenge (a decision);

Appealverb

cite as an authority; resort to;

Appeal

In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision. Appeals function both as a process for error correction as well as a process of clarifying and interpreting law.

Repealverb

(transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.

Repealverb

To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.

Repealverb

To suppress; to repel.

Repealnoun

An act or instance of repealing.

Repealverb

To recall; to summon again, as persons.

Repealverb

To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.

Repealverb

To suppress; to repel.

Repealnoun

Recall, as from exile.

Repealnoun

Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

Repealnoun

the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

Repealverb

annul by recalling or rescinding;

Repealverb

revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament)

Repealnoun

the action of revoking or annulling a law or act of parliament

Repeal

A repeal (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal) is the removal or reversal of a law. There are two basic types of repeal, a repeal with a re-enactment (or replacement) of the repealed law, or a repeal without any replacement.