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91Appeal to authority — An appeal to authority or argument by authority is a type of argument in logic called a fallacy. It bases the truth value of an assertion on the authority, knowledge, expertise, or position of the person asserting it. It is also known as argument …
92Appeal (motion) — In parliamentary procedure, an appeal from the decision of the chair is used to challenge a ruling of the chair. Appeal (RONR) Class Incidental motion In order when another has the floor? Yes, at time of appealed ruling Requires second? Yes… …
93Appeal-Democrat — Infobox Newspaper name = Appeal Democrat type = Daily newspaper format = Broadsheet foundation = 1860 (as the Marysville Appeal; see article) owners = Freedom Communications political = headquarters = Marysville, California, United States of… …
94Appeal (cricket) — In the sport of cricket, an appeal is the act of a player on the fielding team asking an umpire for a decision regarding whether a batsman is out or not. According to the Laws of Cricket, an umpire may not rule a batsman out unless the fielding… …
95Appeal to fear — An appeal to fear (also called argumentum ad metum or argumentum in terrorem) is a fallacy in which a person attempts to create support for his or her idea by increasing fear and prejudice toward a competitor. The appeal to fear is extremely… …
96Appeal to novelty — The appeal to novelty (also called argumentum ad novitatem ) is a fallacy in which someone prematurely claims that an idea or proposal is correct or superior, exclusively because it is new and modern. In a controversy between status quo and new… …
97Appeal, Court of — ▪ British court in England and Wales, part of the Supreme Court of Judicature and the highest court below the House of Lords (Lords, House of). Its courtrooms are in London in the Royal Courts of Justice. The Court of Appeal consists of a… …
98Appeal of the Independent Democrats — The Appeal of the Independent Democrats (the full title was Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress to the People of the United States ) was a manifesto issued in January, 1854, in response to the introduction into the United States… …
99Appeal Group — The Appeal Group was a small group of Marxist Leninists who broke away from the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in 1971 on the basis that the CPGB had abandoned revolutionary Marxism Leninism and that, after many attempts, it was… …
100Appeal to pity — An appeal to pity (also called argumentum ad misericordiam) is a fallacy in which someone tries to win support for their argument or idea by exploiting her or his opponent s feelings of pity or guilt. The appeal to pity is a specific kind of… …
