Appeal Definition: To ask a more senior court or person to review a decision of a subordinate court or person. Related Terms: Respondent, Judicial Review, Appellant, Factum, Standard of Review, De Novo, Final Order, New Evidence, Fresh Evidence In Terry v Saskatchewan, Justice Sherstobitoff of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal deferred to these words to define an appeal: "A proceeding undertaken to have a decision reconsidered by a higher authority; esp., the submission of a lower court's or agency's decision to a higher court for review and possible reversal." In some countries such as Canada, the USA and Australia, appeals can continue all the way up to the Supreme Court, where the decision is final in that it can no longer be appealed. That is why it is called supreme (although, in Australia the supreme court is called the High Court). REFERENCES: Terry v. Saskatchewan Government Insurance, 2006 SKCA 96 Categories & Topics: Civil Litigation & Evidence Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!