Plaintiff

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Law The party that institutes a suit in a court.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.
  • adj. See plaintive.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In law, the person who begins a suit before a tribunal for the recovery of a claim: opposed to defendant.
  • Complaining.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who brings an action in a court of law
    • Antonym
    suspect    defendant   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    litigator    litigant   
    Cross Reference
    calling of the plaintiff    nominal plaintiff   
    Variant
    plaintive   
    Hyponym
    suer    petitioner   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accuse    complainant    litigant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    defendant    complainant    prosecutor    claimant    litigant    accuser    juror    prosecution    informant    jury   
     
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