earnest or urgent request; an entreaty to stop the fighting; an appeal for help; an appeal to the public to keep calm
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; his smile was part of his appeal to her
[ Syn: appealingness , charm ]
(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; their appeal was denied in the superior court'
request for a sum of money; an appeal to raise money for starving children
[ Syn: solicitation , collection , ingathering ]
appeal (n.)
take a court case to a higher court for review; He was found guilty but appealed immediately'
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; appeal to somebody for help; Invoke God in times of trouble
[ Syn: invoke ]
be attractive to; The idea of a vacation appeals to me; The beautiful garden attracted many people
[ Syn: attract ]
challenge (a decision); She appealed the verdict'
cite as an authority; resort to; He invoked the law that would save him; I appealed to the law of 1900; She invoked an ancient law
[ Syn: invoke ]