An appeal is the process in law by which cases are reviewed and parties request a formal change to an official decision.
Appeal may also refer to:
Politics and law
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Appeal (motion), in parliamentary procedure a challenge of the chair's ruling
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Appeal of 18 June, Charles de Gaulle's 1940 call for French resistance against Nazi Germany
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Mariam Appeal, a political campaign established in 1998
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Criminal appeal, an ancient, private right of criminal prosecution in common-law jurisdictions
Publications and media
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The Appeal, a novel by John Grisham
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Appeal, an anti-slavery document by abolitionist David Walker
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The Commercial Appeal, a daily newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee
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Appeal to Reason (newspaper), a weekly left-wing political newspaper in the US until 1922
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The Appeal, English title of the 1970 animated short film by Ryszard CzekaĆa, Apel
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The Appeal, online news site
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The Appeal (newspaper)
Other uses
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Appeal Isimirie, Nigerian taekwondo practitioner
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Appeal (cricket), a request to an umpire for a ruling on whether a cricket batter is out
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Appeal play, in baseball when a member of the defensive team calls the attention of an umpire to an infraction
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Rhetorical appeals, devices used in rhetoric to persuade an audience, namely ethos, logos, and pathos
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Sex appeal, the quality of arousing attraction on the basis of sexual desire
See also
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Appellate Division (disambiguation)
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Justice of Appeal (disambiguation)
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Lord of Appeal (disambiguation)
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Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, former administrative law body of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Informal fallacy, reasoning error through appeal to something other than logical argument
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Preference, choosing between alternatives
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Taste (sociology), an individual's personal and cultural patterns of choice and preference