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claimant Definition

claim·ant (klāmənt)

noun

a person who makes a claim

claimant Synonyms

claimant

n.

claimant Law Definition

n

An individual or entity who asserts a right or demand to money or property.

claimant Usage Examples

Possessives

solicitor: On 7th April the claimant's solicitors faxed to them copies of the documents they had filed with the court six weeks earlier.

Converse of object

  • compensate: The Defendant: The defendant's task is to compensate the claimant for his losses.
  • dismiss: I dismiss the claimant 's application for declaratory relief declaring that the Adjudicator's decision was null and void.
  • entitle: This entitles the claimant to apply for a warrant to have the defendant evicted.
  • advise: CPAG advises all claimants to inform the Inland Revenue of any changes as soon as they happen to avoid any complications.
  • rely: The claimants relied on the words " and of all his other enabling powers " .
  • injure: One of the D3 fitters negligently injured the claimant.

Adjective modifier

  • unemployed: Unemployed claimants leaving benefits explained most of the decline in all areas.
  • fraudulent: Be personal liability fraudulent claimant had same social constructs.
  • injured: All too often, it is easier to settle the motor claim than agree treatment costs for the injured claimant.
  • psychic: If a psychic claimant really could predict winners by using psi this would be of great interest to psychical research.
  • failed: Since 1997 only about 60,000 of 330,000 failed asylum claimants have left the country.
  • genuine: Genuine claimants would have an opportunity to register first.

Modifies a noun

  • count: The claimant count jobless rate, for example, remains at just 2.9 % .
  • unemployment: Compared with a year earlier, claimant count unemployment was down 11,000.
  • solicitor: Access to medical facts Timing certainly seems to play an important part in claimant solicitor 's willingness to pursue mediation.

Noun used with modifier

  • incapacity: The Northern Way Business Plan for instance sets aside £ 12 million for programs focused on getting incapacity benefit claimants back into work.
  • asylum: On average, the European Union received 1 asylum claimant per 1,000 inhabitants during 2002 ( 3 ).
  • cargo: The cargo claimants also filed a claim against Murmansk.
  • benefit: Normally this is the benefit claimant or the person to whom the benefit is paid.

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