n.
1.earnest or urgent request
2.attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
3.(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
4.request for a sum of money appeal v.
1.take a court case to a higher court for review
2.request earnestly (something from somebody)
3.be attractive to
4.challenge (a decision)
5.cite as an authority
Idiom of the Day
go at it tooth and nail
to fight or argue with great strength or energy
The men were going at it tooth and nail when the police arrived.