What is APPELLEE? Definition of APPELLEE in Black's Law Dictionary
The party in a cause against whom an appeal is taken; that is, the party who has an interest adverse to setting aside or reversing the judgment. Slayton v. Horsey, 97 Tex. 341, 78 S.W. 919. Sometimes also called the "respondent. In a nontechnical sense, "appellee" may include a defendant in writ of error. Widgins v. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co., 142 Va. 419, 128 S.E. 516, 518.
In old English law. Where a person charged with treason or felony pleaded guilty and turned approver or "king's evidence," and accused another as his accomplice in the same crime, in order to obtain his own pardon, the one so accused was called the "appellee." 4 Bl.Comm. 330.
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