appellate
/əˈpelət/adjective
attrib.
- Law (especially of a court) concerned with or dealing with applications for decisions to be reversed【律】（尤指法院）上诉的; 受理上诉的。
词源
late Middle English （originally in the sense 'appealed against， accused'）： from Latin appellatus 'appealed against'， from the verb appellare （see APPEAL）. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.