Appeal vs. Revision

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.

Revisionnoun

(uncountable) The process of revising:

Revisionnoun

The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending.

Revisionnoun

The action or process of reviewing something previously learned, especially one′s notes in preparation for a test or examination.

Revisionnoun

(countable) A changed edition, or new version; a modification.

Revisionnoun

(countable) A story corrected or expanded by a writer commissioned by the original author.

Revisionverb

To provide with a new vision.

Revisionnoun

The act of revising; reëxamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.

Revisionnoun

That which is made by revising.

Revisionnoun

the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification);

Revisionnoun

the act of rewriting something

Revisionnoun

something that has been written again;

Revisionnoun

the action of revising

Revisionnoun

a revised edition or form of something