For the plaintiff this has been a painful episode.
The plaintiff failed to make his case.
Nevada law only requires one plaintiff be identified at the time of filing a class action lawsuit, he said.
The plaintiff was not satisfied, so he cried fraud.
The lead plaintiff in a lawsuit, he was part of an identity theft ring.
The plaintiff is generally entitled to open the argument.
But the most important among them would be the lead plaintiff.
For a plaintiff to recover damages, this action or failure must be the "proximate cause" of an injury, and actual loss must occur.
The jury rendered a verdict for plaintiff for $2970 60.
The research firm's clients include plaintiff attorneys and auto suppliers.
British Dictionary definitions for plaintiff
plaintiff
/ˈpleɪntɪf/
noun
1.
(formerly) a person who brings a civil action in a court of law Now replaced by claimant Compare defendant (sense 1)
Word Origin
C14: from legal French plaintif, from Old French plaintif (adj) complaining, from plainteplaint
Word Origin and History for plaintiff
n.
c.1400, from Anglo-French pleintif (late 13c.), noun use of Old French plaintif "complaining; wretched, miserable," from plainte (see plaint). Identical with plaintive at first; the form that receded into legal usage retained the older -iff spelling.
plaintiff in Culture
plaintiff definition
The party that institutes a suit in a court. The person or entity the plaintiff sues is the defendant.