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Plaintiff

Plaintiff [abbrev. pltf., or plff., fr. plaintif., Fr.], he who commences

plaintiff [Middle French plaintif, from plaintif, adj., grieving, from plaint lamentation,

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

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

Lessor of the plaintiff. See EJECTMENT.

Third party plaintiff, means a defendant who files a pleading in an effort

complainant : the party (as a plaintiff or petitioner) who makes the complaint in a legal action

who initiates divorce or marriage dissolution proceedings, also called the plaintiff.

sue. All the facts which are necessary to establish the plaintiff's right to the remedy which he claims. As to joinder

causes and misdemeanours) opened by the junior counsel for the plaintiff; and if it appear that the burden of proof is

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