Plaintiff Definition

plāntĭf
plaintiffs
noun
plaintiffs
A person who brings a suit into a court of law; complainant.
Webster's New World

The party in a civil law case who brings the action in a court of law. See also defendant.

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Suer, petitioner.

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Other Word Forms of Plaintiff

Noun

Singular:
plaintiff
Plural:
plaintiffs

Origin of Plaintiff

  • From Middle English plaintif, from Old French plaintif (“complaining; as a noun, one who complains, a plaintiff") from the verb plaindre. See plaintive.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English plaintif from Anglo-Norman pleintif from Old French plaintif aggrieved plaintive

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

Plaintiff Sentence Examples

  • In the case of a lawsuit the plaintiff preferred his own plea.

  • Before filing a petition for a divorce the plaintiff must have resided within the state at least one year.

  • After several days' trial, during which Cullen was submitted to a very close examination, the verdict was given for the plaintiff with 4d.

  • The plaintiff having made his demand and waited a certain time without result, went and sat without food before the door of the defendant.

  • The plaintiff must be a resident of the state for two years before filing a petition for a divorce.

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Words Starting With

PPLPLA

Words Ending With

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Words Starting With P and Ending With F

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With P9 Letter Words Ending With F