plaintiff+or+defendant
31defendant — noun an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law. Compare with plaintiff …
32plaintiff — noun Law a person who brings a case against another in a court of law. Compare with defendant. Origin ME: from OFr. plaintif plaintive …
33Defendant — ♦ A person required to answer in an action. (Hogue, Arthur R. Origins of the Common Law, 255) Related terms: Plaintiff …
34Plaintiff — ♦ An aggrieved person who initiates an action in court. (Hogue, Arthur R. Origins of the Common Law, 257) Related terms: Defendant …
35plaintiff — plain•tiff [[t]ˈpleɪn tɪf[/t]] n. law one who brings a legal action or suit in a court (opposed to defendant). • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME, n. use of plaintif plaintive …
36defendant in error — An appellee; a person in whose favor a judgment was rendered and who is named by the appellant or plaintiff in error as a party to an appeal or error proceeding. 4 Am J2d A & E § 278 …
37plaintiff — n. Law a person who brings a case against another into court (opp. DEFENDANT). Etymology: ME f. OF plaintif (adj.) (as PLAINTIVE) …
38third–party plaintiff — n: a defendant who files a third party complaint against a third party Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
39third-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 …
40third-party plaintiff — The defendant in an action who assumes the status of a plaintiff in bringing a third person into the action as one liable over him. See third party action …
