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To appeal. [Obs.] Spencer.

on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.

Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.

An appellant. [Obs.] Shak.

One who makes an appeal.

That appeals; imploring. -- Ap*peal"*ing*ly, adv. -- Ap*peal"ing*ness, n.

Not admitting of appeal; not appealable. Coleridge.

To interpel. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being irrepealable.

Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law. -- Ir`re*peal"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*peal"a*bly, adv.

To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.] The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. Shak.

The quality or state of being repealable.

Capable of being repealed. -- Re*peal"a*ble*ness, n.

One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.

Recall, as from banishment. [Obs.]

Not appealable; that can not be carried to a higher tribunal by appeal; as, an unappealable suit or action.

Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.

by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. South. Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persia…

The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume.

One who repeals by authority.