plaintiff
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈpleɪntɪf/
- Formal
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demandante
- In the lawsuit, the plaintiff claimed that the defendant had breached their contract.
- plaintiff's lawyer
- plaintiff's claim
- plaintiff's case
And it seems like Google is a plaintiff's attorney's dream.
- And it seems like Google is a plaintiff's attorney's dream.
- Then last week, the plaintiff's lawyer sprang a surprise.
- After PepsiCo rejected the plaintiff's effort, the plaintiff sued.
- And so for me, you know, standing up as a plaintiff in this case was an easy decision.
- It's testing to see if the facts as given by the plaintiff state a legal claim.
- So if anything, Elon Musk helped the lead plaintiff A make money and B lose less money.
- And, and what he's hinting at is how do you compensate a, a plaintiff for the injury that they have received?
- It was still operative when the plaintiff loaded his truck.
- I was in Queens at the time, Queens County court, plaintiff, defendant.
- So the only thing I can discuss is that three of the plaintiffs were struck off.
Examples
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Judgement in this case is for the plaintiff, $2,902.
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Your Honor, we, the jury, find for the plaintiff.
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And so for me, you know, standing up as a plaintiff in this case was an easy decision.
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It's testing to see if the facts as given by the plaintiff state a legal claim.
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I'm afraid the plaintiff is right.
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The attorneys for the plaintiff are a big firm out of Houston.
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As this trial has shown, the plaintiff, Miss Watson, is indeed a very generous woman.
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The trial court found for the plaintiff and the instant court affirmed.
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Now we begin the task of compensating the plaintiff for his injuries.
Fiction book (1996) -
He'd once represented a plaintiff who had suffered severe burns in an industrial accident.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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7.0
A person who makes a legal claim in court against someone
A person who starts a court case to claim something
A person who starts a court case to get money or a right
A person who starts a court case against someone for false written statements
A person who brings a complaint or petition to an authority
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A person or side who asks a higher court to change a lower court's decision
How Formal
- Specialized
9
7.7
- Formal
431
7.5
- Formal
- Formal
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7.0
11
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
plaintiff = plaint (semi-transparent) = plaint + iff
The relation to the noun 'plaint' (a complaint) is historically correct, so the notion 'person associated with a complaint' is inferable, but the base word is rare and the suffix '-iff' is non‑productive in Modern English, making the formation only partially transparent to learners.
Etymology
Plaintiff comes from Old French plaintif, which means 'complaining' and is related to the English word complaint. So a plaintiff is the person who brings a 'complaint' to court.