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Appellate vs Appealability - What's the difference?

appellate | appealability |

As an adjective appellate

is that can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.

As a noun appealability is

(legal) the quality of being entitled to review in an appellate court.

appellate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 228:
    • 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.

    Derived terms

    * appellate court

    appealability

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (legal) The quality of being entitled to review in an appellate court
  • * {{quote-book, 1995, William P. Statsky & R. John Wernet, Case Analysis and Fundamentals of Legal Writing citation
    • , passage=This exception relates to the appealability of the case. Often the very first issue before the appellate court is whether the court should hear the appeal. }}

    Coordinate terms

    * reviewability