plaintiff

  • 51Named plaintiff — A named plaintiff, class plaintiff or class representative is one of the small group of individual plaintiffs in a class action who are identified by name and who stand in for and represent the interests of the larger group of people who comprise …

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  • 52third–party plaintiff — n: a defendant who files a third party complaint against a third party Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 53lessor of the plaintiff — In the common law action of ejectment, this was the party who really and in effect prosecuted the action and was interested in its result. The reason of his having been so called arose from the circumstance of the action having been carried on in …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 54lessor of the plaintiff — In the common law action of ejectment, this was the party who really and in effect prosecuted the action and was interested in its result. The reason of his having been so called arose from the circumstance of the action having been carried on in …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 55equitable plaintiff — Broadly, the plaintiff in an action or suit in equity. Precisely, the holder of the beneficial interest where a suit has been instituted by or in the name of the holder of the legal title as nominal plaintiff for the benefit of the owner of the… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 56third-party plaintiff — n. A defendant who files a pleading attempting to bring a third party into the lawsuit. See also action, complaint. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …

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  • 57assertion against the plaintiff — index counterclaim Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 58calling the plaintiff — In old English law, the method of non suiting a plaintiff who did not appear when called by the crier …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 59fictitious plaintiff — A person appearing in the writ, complaint, or record as the plaintiff in a suit, but who in reality does not exist, or who is ignorant of the suit and of the use of his name in it. It is a contempt of court to sue in the name of a fictitious… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 60calling the plaintiff — In old English law, the method of non suiting a plaintiff who did not appear when called by the crier …

    Black's law dictionary