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plaintiff
(mass) | plaintiff
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plaintiff
(encz) | plaintiff,navrhovatel n: [práv.] Martin M. |
plaintiff
(encz) | plaintiff,strana žalující n: [práv.] Martin M. |
plaintiff
(encz) | plaintiff,žalobce n: [práv.] Pavel Machek; Giza |
plaintiff
(encz) | plaintiff,žalobce civilní n: [práv.] Martin M. |
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.
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Plaintiff
(gcide) | Plaintiff \Plain"tiff\, a.
See Plaintive. [Obs.] --Prior.
[1913 Webster] |
plaintiff
(wn) | plaintiff
n 1: a person who brings an action in a court of law [syn:
plaintiff, complainant] [ant: defendant, suspect] |
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
(encz) | plaintiff in error, n: |
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.
[1913 Webster] |
plaintiff in error
(wn) | plaintiff in error
n 1: the party who appeals a decision of a lower court [syn:
appellant, plaintiff in error] |
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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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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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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