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noun
- 1. a person who brings a case against another in a court of law: "the plaintiff commenced an action for damages"
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a person who accuses someone else in a law case of having done something illegal. (Definition of plaintiff from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) plaintiff | Business English. noun [ C ] LAWuk/ˈpleɪntɪf/us.
someone who makes a legal complaint against someone else in court. Synonym. complainant specialized. Compare. defendant specialized. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Taking legal action. abatement order. ambulance-chasing. appear for someone. bring an action. complainant. indictment. lawyer up. legal action. litigant. litigate.
Then: "Your Honor, the plaintiff desires to withdraw all charges at this time." From Project Gutenberg. Plaintiff definition: a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant).. See examples of PLAINTIFF used in a sentence.
: a person who brings a legal action compare defendant. Did you know? We won't complain about the origins of plaintiff, although complain and plaintiff are distantly related; both can be traced back to plangere, a Latin word meaning "to strike, beat one's breast, or lament."
noun. /ˈpleɪntɪf/ (also less frequent complainant) (law) a person who makes a formal complaint against somebody in court. The court upheld the plaintiff’s claim for damages. The plaintiff must prove that the defendant was negligent. compare defendant. Extra Examples. Topics Law and justice c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
In a courtroom, the plaintiff is the person or group who is accusing another person or group of some wrongdoing. If you’re the plaintiff, you are claiming that a law was broken, and you’re in court to present your case. The plaintiff accuses, the defendant tries to prove that accusation wrong.
PLAINTIFF definition: someone who takes legal action against someone else in a court of law. Learn more.
