appellee

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appellee - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Appellee \Ap`pel*lee"\, n. [F. appel['e], p. p. of appeler, fr.
     L. appellare.] (Law)
     (a) The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant.
     (b) The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime;
         -- opposed to appellor. --Blackstone.
         [1913 Webster]

appellee - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  APPELLEE, practice. The party in a cause against whom an appeal has been
  taken.