Appealability

an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; pet-tion; plea.
a request or reference to some person or authority for a decision, corroboration, judgment, etc.
law.

an application or proceeding for review by a higher tribunal.
(in a legislative body or -ssembly) a formal question as to the correctness of a ruling by a presiding officer.
obsolete. a formal charge or accusation.

the power or ability to attract, interest, amuse, or stimulate the mind or emotions:
the game has lost its appeal.
obsolete. a summons or challenge.
to ask for aid, support, mercy, sympathy, or the like; make an earnest entreaty:
the college appealed to its alumni for funds.
law. to apply for review of a case or particular issue to a higher tribunal.
to have need of or ask for proof, a decision, corroboration, etc.
to be especially attractive, pleasing, interesting, or enjoyable:
the red hat appeals to me.
law.

to apply for review of (a case) to a higher tribunal.
obsolete. to charge with a crime before a tribunal.

appeal to the country, british, (def 16).
noun
a request for relief, aid, etc
the power to attract, please, stimulate, or interest: a dress with appeal
an application or resort to another person or authority, esp a higher one, as for a decision or confirmation of a decision
(law)

the judicial review by a superior court of the decision of a lower tribunal
a request for such review
the right to such review

(cricket) a verbal request to the umpire from one or more members of the fielding side to declare a batsman out
(english law) (formerly) a formal charge or accusation: appeal of felony
verb
(intransitive) to make an earnest request for relief, support, etc
(intransitive) to attract, please, stimulate, or interest
(law) to apply to a superior court to review (a case or particular issue decided by a lower tribunal)
(intransitive) to resort (to), as for a decision or confirmation of a decision
(intransitive) (cricket) to ask the umpire to declare a batsman out
(intransitive) to challenge the umpire’s or referee’s decision
v.

early 14c., originally in legal sense of “to call” to a higher judge or court, from anglo-french apeler “to call upon, accuse,” old french apeler “make an appeal” (11c., modern french appeler), from latin appellare “to accost, address, appeal to, summon, name,” iterative of appellere “to prepare,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + pellere “to beat, drive” (see pulse (n.1)). related: appealed; appealing.

probably a roman metaphoric extension of a nautical term for “driving a ship toward a particular landing.” popular modern meaning “to be attractive or pleasing” is quite recent, attested from 1907 (appealing in this sense is from 1891), from the notion of “to address oneself in expectation of a sympathetic response.”
n.

c.1300, in the legal sense, from old french apel (modern french appel), back-formation from apeler (see appeal (v.)). meaning “call to an authority” is from 1620s; that of “attractive power” attested by 1916.

a reference of any case from an inferior to a superior court. moses established in the wilderness a series of judicatories such that appeals could be made from a lower to a higher (ex. 18:13-26.) under the roman law the most remarkable case of appeal is that of paul from the tribunal of festus at caesarea to that of the emperor at rome (acts 25:11, 12, 21, 25). paul availed himself of the privilege of a roman citizen in this matter.