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plaint
(encz) | plaint,nářek n: Zdeněk Brož |
plaint
(encz) | plaint,žal n: Zdeněk Brož |
Plaint
(gcide) | Plaint \Plaint\, n. [OE. plainte, pleynte, F. plainte, fr. L.
plangere, planctum (plancta, fem. p. p.), to beat, beat the
breast, lament. Cf. Complain, Plague, Plangent.]
1. Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint;
hence, a mournful song; a lament. --Chaucer."The
Psalmist's mournful plaint." --Wordsworth.
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2. An accusation or protest on account of an injury.
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There are three just grounds of war with Spain: one
of plaint, two upon defense. --Bacon.
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3. (Law) A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a
person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of
an action in writing. --Blackstone.
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plaint
(wn) | plaint
n 1: (United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of
complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to
be redressed
2: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be
heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation,
plaint, wail] |
PLAINT
(bouvier) | PLAINT, Eng. law. The exhibiting of any action, real or personal, in
writing; the party making his plaint is called the plaintiff.
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complaint
(mass) | complaint
- reklamácia, reklamácia, sťažnosť |
complaints
(mass) | complaints
- sťažnosť |
plaintiff
(mass) | plaintiff
- navrhovateľ |
complaint
(encz) | complaint,nářek complaint,nemoc n: JČPcomplaint,reklamace Zdeněk Brožcomplaint,stížnost n: IvČacomplaint,žaloba Zdeněk Brož |
complaintive
(encz) | complaintive, adj: |
complaints
(encz) | complaints,stížnosti n: Zdeněk Brož |
make a complaint
(encz) | make a complaint,stěžovat si v: [fráz.] Ivan Masár |
plaint
(encz) | plaint,nářek n: Zdeněk Brožplaint,žal n: Zdeněk Brož |
plaintext
(encz) | plaintext,čistý text n: [it.] webplaintext,nešifrovaný text n: [it.] webplaintext,prostý text n: [it.] Stanislav Horáček |
plaintiff
(encz) | plaintiff,navrhovatel n: [práv.] Martin M.plaintiff,strana žalující n: [práv.] Martin M.plaintiff,žalobce n: [práv.] Pavel Machek; Gizaplaintiff,žalobce civilní n: [práv.] Martin M. |
plaintiff in error
(encz) | plaintiff in error, n: |
plaintive
(encz) | plaintive,žalostný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
plaintively
(encz) | plaintively,plačtivě adv: Zdeněk Brožplaintively,žalostně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
plaintiveness
(encz) | plaintiveness, |
Complaint
(gcide) | Complaint \Com*plaint"\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]nt"), n. [F. complainte.
See Complain.]
1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment;
lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.
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I poured out my complaint before him. --Ps. cxlii.
2.
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Grievous complaints of you. --Shak.
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2. Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.
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The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the
complaint of all who wish well to the church.
--Swift.
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3. An ailment or disease of the body.
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One in a complaint of his bowels. --Arbuthnot.
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4. (Law) A formal allegation or charge against a party made
or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a
wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case,
generally under oath); an information; accusation; the
initial bill in proceedings in equity.
Syn: Lamentation; murmuring; sorrow; grief; disease; illness;
disorder; malady; ailment.
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Complaintful
(gcide) | Complaintful \Com*plaint"ful\, a.
Full of complaint. [Obs.]
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Plaintful
(gcide) | Plaintful \Plaint"ful\, a.
Containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with an
audible voice. "My plaintful tongue." --Sir P. Sidney.
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Plaintiff
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]Plaintiff \Plain"tiff\, a.
See Plaintive. [Obs.] --Prior.
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Plaintive
(gcide) | Plaintive \Plain"tive\, a. [F. plaintif. See Plaintiff, n.]
1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. --Dryden.
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2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The
most plaintive ditty." --Landor.
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Plain"tive*ness, n.
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Plaintively
(gcide) | Plaintive \Plain"tive\, a. [F. plaintif. See Plaintiff, n.]
1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. --Dryden.
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2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The
most plaintive ditty." --Landor.
[1913 Webster] -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. --
Plain"tive*ness, n.
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Plaintiveness
(gcide) | Plaintive \Plain"tive\, a. [F. plaintif. See Plaintiff, n.]
1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. --Dryden.
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2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The
most plaintive ditty." --Landor.
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Plain"tive*ness, n.
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Plaintless
(gcide) | Plaintless \Plaint"less\, a.
Without complaint; unrepining. "Plaintless patience."
--Savage.
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Summer complaint
(gcide) | Summer \Sum"mer\, n. [OE. sumer, somer, AS. sumor, sumer; akin
to OFries. sumur, D. zomer, OS. sumar, G. sommer, OHG. &
Icel. sumar, Dan. sommer, Sw. sommar, W. haf, Zend hama, Skr.
sam[=a] year. [root]292.]
The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly
upon any region; the warmest period of the year.
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Note: North of the equator summer is popularly taken to
include the months of June, July, and August.
Astronomically it may be considered, in the northern
hemisphere, to begin with the summer solstice, about
June 21st, and to end with the autumnal equinox, about
September 22d.
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Indian summer, in North America, a period of warm weather
late in autumn, usually characterized by a clear sky, and
by a hazy or smoky appearance of the atmosphere,
especially near the horizon. The name is derived probably
from the custom of the Indians of using this time in
preparation for winter by laying in stores of food.
Saint Martin's summer. See under Saint.
Summer bird (Zool.), the wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
Summer colt, the undulating state of the air near the
surface of the ground when heated. [Eng.]
Summer complaint (Med.), a popular term for any diarrheal
disorder occurring in summer, especially when produced by
heat and indigestion.
Summer coot (Zool.), the American gallinule. [Local, U.S.]
Summer cypress (Bot.), an annual plant (Kochia Scoparia)
of the Goosefoot family. It has narrow, ciliate, crowded
leaves, and is sometimes seen in gardens.
Summer duck. (Zool.)
(a) The wood duck.
(b) The garganey, or summer teal. See Illust. of Wood duck,
under Wood.
Summer fallow, land uncropped and plowed, etc., during the
summer, in order to pulverize the soil and kill the weeds.
Summer rash (Med.), prickly heat. See under Prickly.
Summer sheldrake (Zool.), the hooded merganser. [Local,
U.S.]
Summer snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The dunlin.
(b) The common European sandpiper.
(c) The green sandpiper.
Summer tanager (Zool.), a singing bird (Piranga rubra)
native of the Middle and Southern United States. The male
is deep red, the female is yellowish olive above and
yellow beneath. Called also summer redbird.
Summer teal (Zool.), the blue-winged teal. [Local, U.S.]
Summer wheat, wheat that is sown in the spring, and matures
during the summer following. See Spring wheat.
Summer yellowbird. (Zool.) See Yellowbird.
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complaint
(wn) | complaint
n 1: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for
complaining [syn: ailment, complaint, ill]
2: (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or
sorrow
3: an expression of grievance or resentment
4: (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out
the facts on which the claim for relief is based
5: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;
"he was arrested on a charge of larceny" [syn: charge,
complaint] |
complaintive
(wn) | complaintive
adj 1: expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a
complaining boss" [syn: complaining(a), complaintive]
[ant: uncomplaining] |
plaint
(wn) | plaint
n 1: (United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of
complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to
be redressed
2: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be
heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation,
plaint, wail] |
plaintiff
(wn) | plaintiff
n 1: a person who brings an action in a court of law [syn:
plaintiff, complainant] [ant: defendant, suspect] |
plaintiff in error
(wn) | plaintiff in error
n 1: the party who appeals a decision of a lower court [syn:
appellant, plaintiff in error] |
plaintive
(wn) | plaintive
adj 1: expressing sorrow [syn: mournful, plaintive] |
plaintively
(wn) | plaintively
adv 1: in a plaintive manner; "the last note of the song rang
out plaintively" |
plaintiveness
(wn) | plaintiveness
n 1: expressing sorrowfulness |
plaintext
(foldoc) | plaintext
A message before encryption or after
decryption, i.e. in its usual form which anyone can read, as
opposed to its encrypted form ("ciphertext").
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CALLING THE PLAINTIFF
(bouvier) | CALLING THE PLAINTIFF, practice. When a plaintiff perceives that he has not
given evidence to maintain his issue, and intends to become nonsuited, he
withdraws himself, when the cryer is ordered to call the plaintiff, and on
his failing to appear, he becomes nonsuited. 3 Bl. Com. 376.
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COMPLAINT
(bouvier) | COMPLAINT, crim. law. The allegation made to a proper officer, that some
person, whether known or unknown, has been guilty of a designated offence,
with an offer to prove the fact, and a request that the offender may be
punished.
2. To have a legal effect, the complaint must be supported by such
evidence as shows that an offence has been committed, and renders it certain
or probable that it was committed by the person named or described in the
complaint.
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CO-PLAINTIF
(bouvier) | CO-PLAINTIFF. One who is plaintiff in an action with another.
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NOMINAL PLAINTIFF
(bouvier) | NOMINAL PLAINTIFF. One who is named as the plaintiff in an action, but who
has no interest in it, having assigned the cause or right of action to
another, for whose use it is brought.
2. In general, he cannot interfere with the rights of his assignee, nor
will he be permitted to discontinue. the action, or to meddle with it. 1
Wheat. R. 233; 1 John. Cas. 411; 3 John. Cas. 242; 1 Johns. R. 532, n.; 3
Johns. R. 426; 11 Johns. R. 47; 12 John. R. 237; 1 Phil. Ev. 90; Cowen's
note 172; Greenl. Ev. SS 173; 7 Cranch, 152.
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PLAINT
(bouvier) | PLAINT, Eng. law. The exhibiting of any action, real or personal, in
writing; the party making his plaint is called the plaintiff.
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PLAINTIFF
(bouvier) | PLAINTIFF, practice. He who, in a personal action, seeks a remedy for an
injury to his rights. Ham. on Parties, h.t.; 1 Chit. Pl. Index, h.t.; Chit.
Pr. Index, h.t.; 1 Com. Dig. 36, 205, 308.
2. Plaintiffs are legal or equitable. The legal plaintiff is he in whom
the legal title or cause of action is vested. The equitable plaintiff is he
who, not having the legal title, yet, is in equity entitled to the thing
sued for; for example, when a suit is brought by Benjamin Franklin for the
use of Robert Morris, Benjamin Franklin is the legal, and Robert Morris the
equitable plaintiff. This is the usual manner of bringing suit, when the
cause of action is not assignable at law, but is so in equity. Vide Bouv.
Inst. Index, h.t.; Parties to Actions.
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PLAINTIFF IN ERROR
(bouvier) | PLAINTIFF IN ERROR. A party who sues out a writ of error, and this whether
in the court below he was plaintiff or defendant.
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