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  • title an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'
  • title an appellation signifying nobility
  • review (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
  • appeal (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
  • gospel folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)
  • generic wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.)
  • rappel descend by means of a rappel
  • abseil descend by means of a rappel
  • writ of error a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial
  • doo-wop a genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup
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