noun
definition
A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers.
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Examples of plaintiffs in a Sentence
The plaintiffs in each case were imperialists; and Fredericks first action was to redress their supposed grievances.
This is a growing area of litigation, which almost always favors the plaintiffs.
It is designed to help plaintiffs' firms with long-drawn-out cases and high attorney cash expenses.
In this manner three-fifths of all the causes are settled, and many which remain unsettled are abandoned by the plaintiffs.
These writs entitled them to appear as plaintiffs against the lord in his own manorial court and, eventually, to have the question at issue examined by way of appeal, on a writ of error, or by reservation on some legal points in the upper courts of the king.
In addition, there is also a Chinese court, commonly called the Mixed Court, though it is no more mixed than any of the others in an international sense, except that a foreign assessor sits with the Chinese judge in cases where any of his own nationality are interested as plaintiffs.
Given that plaintiffs must prove falsity, malice, and loss, actions in malicious falsehood are perhaps less likely to chill political speech.
The House of Lords, applying Lord Wilberforce's " aftermath test, " dismissed the plaintiffs ' actions.
Baron is the attorney representing plaintiffs alleging that the Smith family had illegally diverted asbestos liability funds.
The Judge awarded the plaintiffs US$1 million for the lost BOP.
This action was brought by the plaintiffs against Messrs Ray, late of Clare, bankers.
The court found in favor of the plaintiffs, and the NCAA immediately rescinded the rule.
Some of these are not fully alphabetical - which makes searches very time-consuming - or are indexed by the names of plaintiffs alone.
The suit was brought to break the will, and Webster, for the plaintiffs, after stating that the devise could stand only on condition that it was a charity, argued that it was not a charity because no teaching was such except Christian teaching.
Companies that finance law firms are part of an industry that emerged about five years ago as the result of the long-established practice of lending money to plaintiffs who were engaged in personal injury litigation.
There may be limitations on how long plaintiffs have to press charges, and delayed cases are more easily dismissed.
Multiple plaintiffs can pool resources, evidence, and claims for a stronger lawsuit.
Forensic accounting in fact probably first came to public awareness during the O.J. Simpson civic trial when the plaintiffs used forensic accountants to search for undeclared assets.
The suit is officially called Arista versus Limewire, but other labels, like Sony BMG and Virgin are named as plaintiffs in the case.
Equally surprising are the reasons the plaintiffs give for the "damages" they feel they have suffered.
During these two years they were free from taxation, and were not allowed (except in certain cases) to appear in the law courts as plaintiffs or defendants.
The plaintiffs ' attorneys went into some great length to try to explain how the system works with respect to class actions.
A smart decision plaintiffs ' lawyers try he ran an bulk for bulk's.