The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge.
An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.
A call to, or the use of, a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).
A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
A resort to some physical means; a recourse.
A power to attract or interest.
To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).
To be attractive.
To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge.
To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
To have recourse or resort to some physical means.
To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
A petition signed in a circular fashion to disguise the order in which it was done.
A form of bet on the full set of possible combinations from a larger group (of teams, racehorses, etc.), such as the outcomes A+B, B+C and A+C from a group ABC.
A method of dividing loot amongst a party of players by having the game assign in turn loot to a player or an enemy corpse to loot to a player.
A form of trade, a series of exchanges in which each person in turn receives items of the same value from the previous person, finally returning to the original donor. For example in (philately) a stamp collector sends a packet of stamps to the next person on a list, who then takes the stamps he wants, replacing them with like-valued stamps, and then passing the packet to the next person on the list, until the packet ultimately returns to the original sender.
A letter, with copies to multiple recipients, usually at Christmastime and often enclosed with a card, giving family news of interest to the sender.
The MIDI technique of using different sampled versions of the same sound for successive notes, to avoid an unnaturally repetitive effect.
A method of dividing labor between several similar subsystems, assigning tasks to each of them in turn in an attempt to use resources more equitably.
The part of a tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn.