Complaint meaning

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A complaint in a civil action that identifies the court’s jurisdiction, the alleged facts that entitle the plaintiff to relief, and the relief sought in a manner sufficient for the defendant to respond to the issues contained therein.
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The act of complaining; utterance of pain, displeasure, annoyance, etc.
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I have no complaints about the quality of his work, but I don't enjoy his company.

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An illness; ailment.
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A bodily disorder or disease; a malady or ailment.
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The symptom or distress about which a patient seeks medical assistance.
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The initial pleading of a plaintiff in a civil action that identifies the court’s jurisdiction, the alleged facts that entitle the plaintiff to relief, and the relief sought. See also ad damnum clause, bill, petition, and prayer.
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A document, signed and sworn to by a victim or witness to a crime or by a police officer, alleging facts that give rise to a reasonable belief that a crime has been committed and that a person named in the instrument committed that crime. Also called a complaint.
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A complaint by the defendant in a civil action against a person or entity who is not a party to the proceeding, to whom the defendant alleges a right of contribution or indemnity from that person, should the defendant be found liable to the plaintiff. See also action.
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(law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
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(law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
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A consumer complaint.
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A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.

Don't come too close, I've got this nasty complaint.

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A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance.

What is your complaint?

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A subject or cause for complaining; grievance.
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(law) A pleading setting forth the plaintiff's case or cause of action; formal charge or accusation.
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A complaint that substitutes for the original complaint and adds to, corrects, revises, or subtracts from the alleged facts contained in the original complaint.
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The definition of a complaint is an expression of, or the cause of, pain, anger, discontent, regret or annoyance.

An example of complaint is a statement about how poorly a certain shop runs its business.

An example of complaint is a major fault in a chain restaurant.

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An expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
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Origin of complaint

  • Middle English compleinte from Old French complainte from feminine past participle of complaindre to complain complain

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English compleynte, from Anglo-Norman compleint, from compleindre.

    From Wiktionary

Complaint Sentence Examples

  • Have you a complaint to make?

  • I took down the name and rank of their commanding officer, to hand in a complaint about it.

  • Railway communications are practically monopolized by the South Eastern & Chatham Company, a monopoly which has not infrequently been the cause of complaint on the part of farmers, traders and others.

  • As it grew darker, I was startled by the honking of geese flying low over the woods, like weary travellers getting in late from Southern lakes, and indulging at last in unrestrained complaint and mutual consolation.

  • She knew that when she accepted the job so any complaint at this point would be out of line.

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