Terms Used In Tennessee Code 2-17-115

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.

Costs and a reasonable attorney’s fee shall be assessed against the contestant or the appellant if the contest or the appeal is maliciously or frivolously prosecuted.