The party against whom an appeal is taken Arbitration The hearing of a dispute by an impartial third person or persons whose award the parties agree to accept
The party in a cause against whom an appeal is taken; that is, the party who has an interest adverse to setting aside or reversing the judgment Sometimes also called the "respondent "
A party against whom an appeal is taken and whose role is to respond to that appeal, usually seeking to uphold the lower court’s decision [Black's Law Dictionary 7th ed 1999]
The person in a case against whom the appeal is taken; that is, the party in the suit who is not making the appeal
On judicial review, the party who defends the validity of the administrative order from which the appeal is taken (In judicial review of Finance Commission agency orders, the appellee is always the agency whose order is appealed represented by the Attorney General The party in whose favor the agency decided the case usually becomes an intervenor on the side of the agency in the appeal )