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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 ...
is the process in law by which cases are reviewed and parties request a formal change to an official decision.
Appeal may also refer to:
Politics and law
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Appeal (motion) In parliamentary procedure, a motion to appeal from the decision of the chair is used to challenge a ruling of the chair.
Explanation and Use
The most common occasions for the motion to appeal are when the chair mis-assigns the floor or incorrect ...
, in parliamentary procedure a challenge of the chair's ruling
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Appeal of 18 June, Charles de Gaulle's 1940 call for French resistance against Nazi Germany
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Mariam Appeal The Mariam Appeal ("the Appeal") was a political campaign in the United Kingdom (UK) established in 1998 which ceased operation in 2003. The objects of the Appeal as stated in its constitution were "to provide medicines, medical equipment and medica ...
, a political campaign established in 1998
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Criminal appeal
An "appeal" was a procedure in English law to bring about a prosecution by a private party of an individual accused of a heinous crime.
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" n appealis derived from the French, ‘appeller ’...which signifies to call upon, summon or chall ...
, an ancient, private right of criminal prosecution in common-law jurisdictions
Publications and media
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The Appeal'', a novel by John Grisham
* ''Appeal'', an anti-slavery document by abolitionist
David Walker
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The Commercial Appeal'', a daily newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee
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''Appeal to Reason'' (newspaper), a weekly left-wing political newspaper in the US until 1922
*''The Appeal'', English title of the 1970 animated short film by Ryszard Czekała, ''
Apel Apel or APEL may refer to:
Places
* Apel, Limpopo, town in Sekhukhune District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa
* Ter Apel, town in the municipality Vlagtwedde in the northern Netherlands
Other uses
*Apel (surname)
* APEL or ...
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*''The Appeal'', online news site
Other uses
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Appeal (cricket), a request to an umpire for a ruling on whether a cricket batsman is out
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Appeal play
In baseball, an appeal play occurs when a member of the defensive team calls the attention of an umpire to an infraction which he would otherwise ignore.
Appeal play situations
A runner shall be called out, after a successful live ball appeal, if ...
, in baseball when a member of the defensive team calls the attention of an umpire to an infraction
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Rhetorical appeals
The modes of persuasion, modes of appeal or rhetorical appeals (Greek: ''pisteis'') are strategies of rhetoric that classify a speaker's or writer's appeal to their audience. These include ethos, pathos, and logos, all three of which appear in Ar ...
, devices used in rhetoric to persuade an audience, namely ''ethos'', ''logos'', and ''pathos''
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Sex appeal, the quality of arousing attraction on the basis of sexual desire
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Appellate Division (disambiguation) Appellate Division may refer to:
* Bangladesh Supreme Court, Appellate Division
* New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
* New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division (in case citation, N.J. ...
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Justice of Appeal (disambiguation) Justice of Appeal may refer to:
*Justice of Appeal (Fiji), a judge of Fiji's Court of Appeal or Supreme Court
* Justice of Appeal (Hong Kong), a judge of the Court of Appeal of the High Court of Hong Kong
See also
*Judge of Appeal, in the Isle of ...
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Lord of Appeal (disambiguation) Lord of Appeal may refer to:
* Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, eff ...
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Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, former administrative law body of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Informal fallacy, reasoning error through appeal to something other than logical argument
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Preference
In psychology, economics and philosophy, preference is a technical term usually used in relation to choosing between alternatives. For example, someone prefers A over B if they would rather choose A than B. Preferences are central to decision theo ...
, choosing between alternatives
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Taste (sociology), an individual's personal and cultural patterns of choice and preference
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