(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial; "their appeal was denied in the superior court"
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her"
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"
take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict"
the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence"
(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
a state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects"