Ἔφεσις
appeal
Translated by Ryan Stone27 Jan 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] desire, impulse, appellate [jurisdiction], choice of another court and transfer [sc. to it].1
'Appeal' and appellate [jurisdiction] is named from the process of being summoned out of and begging off from and avoiding the first and lesser lawcourt.
'Appeal' and appellate [jurisdiction] is named from the process of being summoned out of and begging off from and avoiding the first and lesser lawcourt.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔφεσις· ἐπιθυμία, ὁρμή, ἔκκλητος, αἵρεσις ἄλλου δικαστηρίου καὶ μεταγωγή. ἡ ἔφεσις λέγεται καὶ ἔκκλητος παρὰ τὸ ἐκκαλεῖσθαι καὶ παραιτεῖσθαι καὶ φεύγειν τὸ πρῶτον καὶ ἔλαττον δικαστήριον.