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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 809.21

  • 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.
   (1)    The court upon its own motion or upon the motion of a party may dispose of an appeal summarily.
   (2)   A party may file at any time a motion for summary disposition of an appeal. Section 809.14 governs the procedure on the motion.