Definition of plaintiff

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Plaintiff (a.) See Plaintive.

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Rejoin :: Rejoin (v. i.) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication..
Defence :: Defence (n.) The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.
Recoupe :: Recoupe (v. t.) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction..
Color :: Color (n.) An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court..
Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why
Querent :: Querent (n.) A complainant; a plaintiff.
Cognizor :: Cognizor (n.) One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.
Actor :: Actor (n.) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
Replication :: Replication (n.) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea..
Bar :: Bar (n.) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.
Declare :: Declare (v. i.) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass..
Rejoinder :: Rejoinder (n.) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
Oratrix :: Oratrix (n.) A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading..
Recompensation :: Recompensation (n.) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.
Party :: Party (v.) The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant..
Orator :: Orator (n.) A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery..
Set-off :: Set-off (n.) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
Demandant :: Demandant (n.) One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.
Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder..
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter..
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