appellee Law.
(æpəˈliː, əˌpɛˈliː)
Also 7 appealee.
[a. Fr. appelé, pa. pple. of appeler to appeal: see -ee.]
One who is appealed against.
1. One who is accused of crime, informed against, or challenged to prove his innocence.
| [1387–8 Rot. Parl. III. 229 (xi. Rich. II) Qe touz les ditz Appellez seroient a dit Parliament, a respondre sur l' Appell.] 1531 Dial. Laws Eng. ii. xlviii. (1638) 152 Though the appellee were never so great an offender. 1679 Trial of Langhorn 27 If the Approver be pardoned, by the Law the Appellee ought to be discharged. 1768 Blackstone Comm. IV. 311 If the appellee be acquitted, he cannot be afterwards indicted for the same offence. 1851 Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 240 The appellor and appellee dismounted, wielding club and staff. |
† 2. The defendant in a case carried to a higher court; now called the respondent. Obs.
| 1611 Cotgr. s.v. Anticipé appel, A speciall Commission, procured by th' Appealee. |