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appearance day.See answer day under DAY. [Blacks Law 8th]

appearance date.See answer day under DAY. [Blacks Law 8th]

appearance bond.See bail bond under BOND(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

appearance,n. Procedure. A coming into court as a party or interested person, or as a lawyer on behalf of a party or interested person; esp., a defendant’s act of taking part in a lawsuit, whether by  formally  participating  in  it or  by  an  answer,  demurrer,  or  motion,  or  by  taking  postjudgment steps  in  the  lawsuit …

appeals court.See appellate court under COURT. [Blacks Law 8th]

appeals council.A commission that  hears appeals of rulings by administrative-law judges in social-security  matters.  [Cases:  Social  Security  and  Public  Welfare    8.15,  142.5.  C.J.S.  Social Security and Public Welfare §§ 14–15, 73–74.] [Blacks Law 8th]

appeal of felony.Hist. A procedure by which a person accused another of a crime, demanded proof  of  innocence  by  wager  of  battle,  or  informed  against  an  accomplice.  —  Also  termed appellum de felonia. [Blacks Law 8th]

appeal in forma pauperis.See APPEAL. [Blacks Law 8th]

appeal  from  the  chair.Parliamentary  law.  An  assembly  member’s  formal  objection  to  a decision  made  by  the  chair.  • If the  appeal  is seconded,  the  chair  must state  what  question  was answered and explain the reasons for the chair’s decision, then allow the members present to vote in support of or against that decision. [Blacks Law 8th]

appeal of right.See appeal by right under APPEAL. [Blacks Law 8th]