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...
- on "plaintiff in error", but its sister project Wiktionary does: Read the Wiktionary entry "plaintiff in error" You can also: Search for Plaintiff in error...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- by which the plaintiff demands that the defendant return a thing that belongs to the plaintiff. It may be used only when the plaintiff owns the thing...
- Plaintiff M61/2010E v Commonwealth of Australia; Plaintiff M69 of 2010 v Commonwealth of Australia is a decision of the High Court of Australia in its...
- original actor. The plaintiff must demonstrate that the defendant's action increased the risk that the particular harm suffered by the plaintiff would occur....