plaintiff
plaintiff n. 原告 在法院提起民事诉讼的当事人。
A plea in abatement alleging that the plaintiff has a legal disability to sue.
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fictitious plaintiff 虚拟的原告 指以诉讼原告的名义出现在令状、诉状或案卷记录中,但实际上并不存在,或对该诉讼并不知情而被他人盗用其名义的人。(→fictitious party)
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levy at the risk of the plaintiff 由原告承担风险的扣押 这是判决执行官〔execution officer〕在执行令状上所作的背书。意指申请执行的债权人〔execution creditor〕同意在执行官错误地扣押被执行人〔execution debtor〕的财产时予以赔偿,而且同意该财产可由被执行人保留直至该财产由申请执行人以其自主承担风险的方式出售时为止。若在规定的出售日期该财产未被交出,执行官对申请执行人不承担任何责任。
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coplaintiff. One of two or more plaintiffs in the same litigation. — Also termed joint plaintiff. Cf. CODE-FENDANT.
plaintiff’s-viewpoint rule. The principle that courts should measure the amount in controversy in a case by analyzing only the amount of damages claimed by the plaintiff. [Cases: Courts 167; Federal Courts 339.]
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plaintiff. The party who brings a civil suit in a court of law. — Abbr. pltf. Cf. DEFENDANT. use plaintiff. See USE PLAINTIFF.
plaintiff in error. Archaic. 1. APPELLANT. 2. PETITIONER.
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use plaintiff. Common-law pleading. A plaintiff for whom an action is brought in another’s name. • For example, when the use plaintiff was an assignee (“A”) of a chose in action and had to sue in someone else’s name, the assignor (“B”) would appear first on the petition’s title: “B for the Use of A