plaintiff
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English plaintif, from Old French plaintif (“complaining; as a noun, one who complains, a plaintiff”) from the verb plaindre. See plaintive.
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plaintiff (plural plaintiffs)
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party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
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External links [edit]
- plaintiff in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- plaintiff in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911