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UK
/plˈeɪntɪf/
]
[ US /ˈpɫeɪnəf, ˈpɫeɪntəf/ ]
[ US /ˈpɫeɪnəf, ˈpɫeɪntəf/ ]
NOUN
- a person who brings an action in a court of law
How To Use plaintiff In A Sentence
- Federal law allows plaintiffs to collect up to $ 100, 000 per infringement.
- If he fails to do so, he is held liable, whereas in an action for negligence the legal burden in most cases remains throughout on the plaintiff.
- These damages are measured by how much the libelous statements lower the plaintiff's reputation.
- The purpose of a libel action is to enable the Plaintiff to clear his name of the libel, to vindicate his character.
- The plaintiff had sued one member, Hunter, of a committee of the management of a hospital which had engaged him.
- The consecutive statements, allegations, and counterallegations made in turn by plaintiff and defendant, or prosecutor and accused, in a legal proceeding.
- Very few of these cases involve plaintiffs afflicted with legitimate disabilities as most of us understand the term.
- In the meantime, Mr. Meyer is enjoined from in any way further interfering with the flow of water in the channel from the plaintiffs’ land across his land.
- When a plaintiff is able to prove defamation per se, damages are presumed, but the presumption is rebuttable. Heroes or Villains?
- Ultimately, under the Court's decision, a successful plaintiff will have to prove she was singled out for disadvantageous treatment in the workplace.