appellant
/əˈpelənt/ (bre, ipa) · /əˈpelənt/ (ame, ipa) · /ə-ˈpe-lənt/ (ame, mw)
appellant — 名詞
- appellantsingular
- appellantsplural
1. a party who asks a higher court to review and overturn a ruling that went agains
上訴人
向上級法院請求改判的當事人
a party who asks a higher court to review and overturn a ruling that went against them in a lower court.
The appellant argued that the trial judge had ignored crucial witness testimony.
上訴人主張，原審法官忽略了關鍵的證人證詞。
the appellant + verb in legal narrative
Lawyers for the appellant filed a 200-page brief with the Supreme Court last Friday.
上訴人的律師團上週五向最高法院遞交了一份長達兩百頁的書狀。
lawyers for the appellant — possessive frame
Ms. Jin, the appellant in this murder case, listened quietly as the panel of judges asked questions.
本件謀殺案的上訴人田中女士，靜靜聽著合議庭法官提問。
If the appellant wins, the lower court's ruling will be cancelled and a new trial may begin.
若上訴人勝訴，下級法院的判決將被撤銷，可能會重新開始審理。
The appellant must pay the court fee within 30 days of filing the notice.
上訴人必須在提出聲明後三十天內繳交法院規費。
- petitioner
broader: any person formally asking a court for a ruling, not only on appeal
- challenger
general English; lacks the specific legal procedural meaning
- plaintiff in error
older legal term, mostly historical and rare in modern courts
- appellee
the opposing party who defends the lower court's decision
- respondent
British legal usage for the party answering the appeal
文法句型
the appellant + verb
appellant in [case]
用法筆記
Subject is always a party that has already lost at a lower level; distinguish from 'appellee' (the side that won below and is now defending the ruling). Do not confuse with 'plaintiff', which names the party who started the original case.
常見錯誤
appellant — 形容詞
- appellantpositive
- more appellantcomparative
- most appellantsuperlative
1. describing courts, judges, or procedures whose job is to review rulings already
上訴
與案件上訴審理有關的
describing courts, judges, or procedures whose job is to review rulings already made by a lower court — for example, an appellant tribunal or appellant jurisdiction.
The appellant court returned the case to the trial judge for new sentencing.
上訴法院將本案發回原審法官重新量刑。
appellant + court (attributive use)
Only three judges sit in the appellant division of this tribunal.
本法庭的上訴庭只有三位法官。
appellant + division
Attorney Mendez filed the brief through the appellant procedure on the morning before the deadline.
孟德茲律師在期限前一天上午，循上訴程序遞交了書狀。
The appellant panel of the High Court heard arguments in the Reyes family land dispute yesterday.
高等法院上訴庭昨天就雷耶斯家族的土地糾紛進行言詞辯論。
文法句型
appellant + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used attributively before a noun (court, jurisdiction, division, procedure). 'Appellate' is the standard modern adjective; 'appellant' as adjective is mainly preserved in some older statutes and a few jurisdictional names.