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Plaintiff [abbrev. pltf., or plff., fr. plaintif., Fr.], he who commences an action against another, who is called defendant.It includes:(i) any person from or through whom a plaintiff derives his right to sue. [Limitation Act, 1963, s. 2 (i) (i)](ii) any person whose estate is represented by the plaintiff as executor, administrator or other representative. [Limitation Act, 1963, (36 of 1963), s. 2]The word 'plaintiff' in order that the bar may be effective, include his assigns and legal representa-tives, Suraj Rattan v. Azamabad Tea Co. Ltd., AIR 1965 SC 295 (301). [Civil PC (1908), O. 9, R. 9]...
claimant
claimant : one that asserts a claim esp. formally ...
cross-claimant
cross-claimant : a party that cross-claims ...
plaintiff
plaintiff [Middle French plaintif, from plaintif, adj., grieving, from plaint lamentation, from Latin planctus, from plangere to strike, beat one's breast, lament] : the party who institutes a legal action or claim (as a counterclaim) see also complainant, complaint, libellant compare defendant, prosecution ...
plaintiff in error
plaintiff in error :a party who proceeds by writ of error : appellant ...
third-party plaintiff
third-party plaintiff : a defendant who files a third-party complaint against a third party ...
Lessor of the plaintiff
Lessor of the plaintiff. See EJECTMENT....
Occupying claimant
Occupying claimant, means a person who claims the right under a statute to recover for the cost of improvements done to land that is later found not to belong to the person, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1107...
Third party plaintiff
Third party plaintiff, means a defendant who files a pleading in an effort to bring a third party into the law suit, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1489....
Cause of action
Cause of action, a cause of action is a bundle of facts which are required to be pleaded and proved for the purpose of obtaining relief claimed in the suit. For the aforementioned purpose, the material facts are required to be stated but not the evidence except in certain cases where the pleading relied on any misrepresentation, fraud, breach of trust, wilful default or undue influence, Liverpool & London S.P. & I Assocn. v. M.V. Sea Success, (2004) 9 SCC 512 (562). [Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O. 7, R. 11(9)]--It is only that court in whose jurisdiction the 'cause of action' did arise will have Jurisdiction to entertain an application either under section 9 or under section 11 of the Act (Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996); Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. Kolkata v. Tiwari Roadlines, Hyderabad, AIR 2006 AP 1.Means every fact which it is necessary to establish to support a right to obtain a judgment, Prem Chand Vijay Kumar v. Yashpal Singh, (2005) 4 SCC 417.Is a bundle of facts...
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