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Appellant

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Appellant, the party appealing; the party resisting the appeal is called the respondent.

Means a party who appeals a lower court's decision, usually seeking reversal of that decision, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 95.

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