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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
English
Alternative forms
- complainaunt (obsolete, rare)
Noun
complainant (plural complainants)
- (law) the party that brings a civil lawsuit against another; the plaintiff
- One who makes complaint.
- Collier
- Eager complainants of the dispute.
- Collier
Translations
plaintiff