Appeal in United Kingdom

Appeal Meaning

Appeal in Scottish Law

Challenge to conviction and/or sentence. The prosecution can only appeal against an unduly lenient sentence.

Definition of Appeal By Way Of Case Stated

Case stated appeals are appeals on a point of law.

Definition of Appeal

This is the term used when an application is made to a higher court or other body for review of a decision taken by a lower court.

Appeal in North Ireland

A formal request to a higher court that the verdict and/or ruling of a court be changed.

English Law: Appeal in the Past

The accusation of a person, in a legal form, for a crime committed by him; or, it is the lawful declaration of another man’s crime, before a competent judge, by one who sets his name to the declaration and promises to prove it, upon the penalty which may ensue thereon. Vide Co. Litt. 123 b, 287 b; 6 Burr. R. 2643, 2793; 2 W. Bl. R. 713; 1 B. & A. 405. Appeals of murder, as well as of treason, felony or other offences, together with wager of battle, are abolished by stat. 59 Geo. M. c. 46. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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Notes and References

1. Partialy, this information about appeal is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including appeal.

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Concept of Appeal

Traditional meaning of appeal [1] in the English common law history: 1. The complaint, and removal of a cause, to a higher court, for error or informality, for the purpose of trial or review; see 3rd Book (“Of Private Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 455. 2. In English criminal law, the accusation, by one private person against another, of some heinous crime, demanding punishment on behalf of the party injured; see 4th Book (“Of Public Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 317; APPROVER; BATTEL. [rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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Notes and References

1. Based on A concise law dictionary of words, phrases and maxims, “Appeal”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. This term and/or definition may be absolete. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary, based on a glossary of terms, included Appeal.

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