Definition of "appellee" [ap•pel•lee]

• Law One against whom an appeal is taken. (noun)

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• "If the opposite parties were countrymen, they were to follow their national customs, whatever they were; if the appellee were a foreigner, or of foreign descent, he might offer wager of battle, and on its being declined, purge himself by his own oath and that of his witnesses, according to the Norman law; or if a native of the country, he might have his choice of the trial by ordeal or by battle."
• "Any party taking an appeal to the board from a decision or determination of the commissioner or of a board of assessors, hereinafter referred to as the appellee, shall file a petition with the clerk of the board of tax appeals and serve upon said appellee in the manner provided in section nine a copy thereof."
• "The party that won in the lower court and must defend the lower court's decision is known as the "appellee" (accent on the last syllable)."