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Appeal
A reference of any case from an inferior to a superior court. Moses established in the wilderness a series of judicatories such that appeals could be made from a lower to a higher (Ex 18:13–26.)
Under the Roman law the most remarkable case of appeal is that of Paul from the tribunal of Festus at Caesarea to that of the emperor at Rome (Acts 25:11, Acts 25:12, Acts 25:21, Acts 25:25). Paul availed himself of the privilege of a Roman citizen in this matter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
