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Matched in: Term Petitioner

Plaintiff [abbrev. pltf., or plff., fr. plaintif., Fr.], he who commences an action against another, who is called defendant.

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plaintiff [Middle French plaintif, from plaintif, adj., grieving, from plaint lamentation, from Latin planctus, from plangere to strike, beat

plaintiff in error :a party who proceeds by writ of error : appellant

third-party plaintiff : a defendant who files a third-party complaint against a third party

Lessor of the plaintiff. See EJECTMENT.

Third party plaintiff, means a defendant who files a pleading in an effort to bring a third party into the law

Orator, a petitioner; a plaintiff in a bill, or information, in Chancery was formerly so called.

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