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- noun Plural form of
appellant .
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Examples
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A passenger also recalled the appellants boarding the bus and he described them as loud and jumping about.
Last One Out; Turn Off The Lights! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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It was common cause that at common law each of the appellants was a "universitas" capable of suing and being sued.
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Mignini, who oversaw the original investigation, pointedly referred to the appellants as being "of good families", contrasting their fate in the event of an acquittal with that of a "poor black man".
The Guardian World News John Hooper 2011
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Two of the appellants were the men jailed for four years apiece for encouraging rioting via Facebook
BBC News - Home 2011
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Mignini, who oversaw the original investigation, pointedly referred to the appellants as being "of good families", contrasting their fate in the event of an acquittal with that of a "poor black man".
The Guardian World News John Hooper 2011
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The appellants, meaning Lazaro Gonzalez's lawyers, filed their brief some time ago.
CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: Elian Gonzalez Case: What Happens Now? - April 23, 2000 2000
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Also listed as "appellants" are two area property owners and the Western Colorado Congress, which is an umbrella organization for grassroots groups.
Aspen Times - Top Stories John Colson Glenwood Springs correspondent Aspen, 2009
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Montpellier, Delangle of Boulogne, and de La Broue of Mirepoix) drew up an appeal from the Bull to a general council, thus founding the party hereafter known as the "appellants".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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The law "is a far more limited exercise of federal power than appellants fear," he wrote.
Court Upholds Health Law Janet Adamy 2011
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In short, the AEP decision puts a heavy brick on these appeals and speeds up EPA's regulatory implementation process by making the business appellants' inevitable certiorari petitions and stay and delay requests pending appeal unpersuasive.
Howard Learner: The Supreme Court's AEP Decision: Snatching Climate Change Solutions Victory from the Jaws of Defeat Howard Learner 2011
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