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Webster 1913 Edition

Plaintiff

Plain′tiff

,

Noun.

[F.

plaintif

making complaint, plaintive; in Old French equiv. to

plaignant

complainant, prosecutor, fr.

plaindre

. See

, and cf.

.]

(Law)

One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; – opposed to

defendant

.

Plain′tiff

,

Adj.

See

.

[Obs.]

Prior.