appeal in French

(intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned

(intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned

to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke