Ha -- you'd have to ask a member of the legal profession. (No doubt you could think of a few other questions while you were at it.)
In fairness, however, the document is actually called an atto di appello (literally "act of appeal"). I probably should have just translated it as "appeal document" rather than trying to show off my cursory familiarity with (anglophone) legal terminology.
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