Appellee

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appellee \Ap`pel*lee"\, n. [F. appel['e], p. p. of appeler, fr.
     L. appellare.] (Law)
     (a) The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to {appellant}.
     (b) The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime;
         -- opposed to {appellor}. --Blackstone.
         [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  APPELLEE, practice. The party in a cause against whom an appeal has been
  taken.