plaintiff
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Definition of plaintiff
: a person who brings a legal action â compare defendant
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Examples of plaintiff in a Sentence
the judge ruled that the plaintiff's lawsuit was groundless, and he dismissed it
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That school is authorized by Dehesa but does not operate in Dehesaâs area, violating state law, plaintiff attorneys said in the case. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Dehesa School District is auditing all its charter schools," 1 Sep. 2019 The American Medical Association was also a plaintiff in the lawsuit. — Nicquel Terry Ellis, USA TODAY, "Planned Parenthood rejects Title X funding over abortion rule: Here's what that means," 20 Aug. 2019 Senator James Buckley, the brother of National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr., was the plaintiff in Buckley v. Valeo (1976), in which the Supreme Court struck some of the more egregious elements of the speech-stifling 1974 law. — Jeremy Carl, National Review, "We Need Donor-Privacy Legislation Now," 12 Aug. 2019 No strong arguments were made to shoot the proposal down, plaintiffâs attorney Christopher Seeger said. — Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, "Power struggle between attorneys general, local governments on display in opioid litigation," 6 Aug. 2019 Chike Ojukwu, who created the beat, and co-writer Emanuel Lambert were also plaintiffs in the case. — Chris Eggertsen, Billboard, "Katy Perry Loses 'Dark Horse' Copyright Trial," 29 July 2019 In a statement, a group of plaintiff attorneys applauded Polster's decision. — CBS News, "Opioid shipments ballooned as an addiction crisis grew, data shows," 17 July 2019 The group was the plaintiff in a gerrymandering lawsuit challenging legislative maps for North Carolina that had been drawn by her father. — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, "A Father, a Daughter, and the Attempt to Change the Census," 13 July 2019 Skylar and her 1-year-old brother Jalen are now set to be plaintiffs in a civil rights lawsuit seeking $20 million from the City of Atlanta. — Christian Boone, ajc, "City faces potential $20 mil lawsuit from family of man killed by federal task force," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'plaintiff.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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plaintiff
noun
English Language Learners Definition of plaintiff
law
: a person who sues another person or accuses another person of a crime in a court of law
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plaintiff
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Legal Definition of plaintiff
: the party who institutes a legal action or claim (as a counterclaim) â see also complainant, complaint, libellant â compare defendant, prosecution
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