(n) :
(a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re?xamination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of appeal. (d) An accusation; a summons to answer to a charge. --Dryden
"a kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders. -Bacon."
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(n) :
(a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re?xamination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of appeal. (d) An accusation; a summons to answer to a charge. --Dryden
"a kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders. -Bacon."