appellant

alternative obsolete appellaunt

1. not comparablelawOf or relating to appeals; appellate.

   appellant jurisdiction.

   1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC

2. not comparableIn the process of appealing.

   Firſt, heauen be the record to my ſpeech, In the deuotion of a ſubiects loue, Tendering the precious ſafetie of my Prince, And free from other misbegotten hate, Come I appealant to rhis ^([sic]) Princely preſence.

   1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1

plural appellants · alternative obsolete appellaunt

1. lawA litigant or party that is making an appeal in court.

   The appellant made her submissions to the court.

   Synonyms: plaintiff in error

2. One who makes an earnest entreaty of any kind.
3. obsoleteOne who challenges another to single combat.
4. historicalOne of the clergy in the Jansenist controversy who rejected the bull Unigenitus issued in 1713, appealing to a pope "better informed", or to a general council.