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Webster 1913 Edition


Complainant

Com-plain′ant

(kŏm-plān′ant)
,
Noun.
[F.
complaignant
, p. pr. of
complaindre
.]
1.
One who makes complaint.
Eager
complainants
of the dispute.
Collier.
2.
(Law)
(a)
One who commences a legal process by a complaint.
(b)
The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law.
He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the town, and the other moiety to the use of the
complainant
.
Statutes of Mass.

Webster 1828 Edition


Complainant

COMPLAINANT

, n.
1.
A prosecutor; one who prosecutes by complaint, or commences a legal process against an offender for the recovery of a right or penalty.
He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the town; and the other moiety to the use of the complainant.
2.
The plaintiff in a writ of Audita Querela.

Definition 2024


complainant

complainant

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Noun

complainant (plural complainants)

  1. (law) the party that brings a civil lawsuit against another; the plaintiff
  2. One who makes complaint.
    • Collier
      Eager complainants of the dispute.

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