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/əˈpɛlət/ · adjective
That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court..
In this game of bluff and counter-bluff, the parlementaires calculated that their absence – which entailed much of the country being without an appellate jurisdiction – would force the government to treat for terms.
Use appellate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Appellate means That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court..
Common synonyms include appellant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In this game of bluff and counter-bluff, the parlementaires calculated that their absence – which entailed much of the country being without an appellate jurisdiction – would force the government to treat for terms.
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