'Appealed' in the Bible

As he was relating to the king how he had restored to life the one who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and for her field. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”

and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept begging them to leave the city.

Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, “You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go.”

But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the Emperor’s decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I send him to Caesar.”

Festus *said, “King Agrippa, and all you gentlemen here present with us, you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly declaring that he ought not to live any longer.

But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death; and since he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”