Definition of plaintiff. Meaning of plaintiff. Synonyms of plaintiff

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Definition of plaintiff

Plaintiff
Plaintiff Plain"tiff, n. [F. plaintif making complaint, plaintive; in Old French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See Plaint, and cf. Plaintive.] (Law) One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.
Plaintiff
Plaintiff Plain"tiff, a. See Plaintive. [Obs.] --Prior.

Meaning of plaintiff from wikipedia

- A plaintiff (Π in legal shorthand) is the party who initiates a lawsuit (also known as an action) before a court. By doing so, the plaintiff s****s a legal...
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- to bring claims on behalf of consumers. In a typical class action, a plaintiff sues a defendant or a number of defendants on behalf of a group, or class...
- A lawsuit is a proceeding by one or more parties (the plaintiff or claimant) against one or more parties (the defendant) in a civil court of law. The...
- Rules of Civil Procedure, the defendant s****s to become a third-party plaintiff by filing a third party complaint against a third party not presently...
- (August 2, 1918 – June 20, 1961) was an African-American welder who was the plaintiff in the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case Oliver Brown, et al. v. Board...
- The eggs**** rule (also thin skull rule, papier-mâché-plaintiff rule, or talem qualem rule) is a well-established legal doctrine in common law, used in...
- original actor. The plaintiff must demonstrate that the defendant's action increased the risk that the particular harm suffered by the plaintiff would occur....
- commonly called the injured party or plaintiff, can recover their losses as damages in a lawsuit. To prevail, the plaintiff in the lawsuit must generally show...
- – February 18, 2017), also known by the pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American legal case Roe v. Wade in which the U.S. Supreme...