COMPLAINANT

complainant

complainant (k[schwa]m-playn-[schwa]nt). 1. The party who brings a legal complaint against another; esp., the plaintiff in a court of equity or, more modernly, a civil suit. “A suit in equity, under the procedure of the English Court of Chancery, which was generally adopted in the American States prior to the code, is instituted by the […]

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complainant

complainant n. 原告;起诉人;控告人 通过递交起诉状向法院请求给予司法救济,或者向有关机关控告犯罪的人。该词在英国(苏格兰除外)和美国法律中都使用。指原告时,在传统上只使用于衡平法院的诉讼中,但自20世纪初期起,衡平法院也已开始采用在普通法法院使用的原告〔plaintiff〕一词。

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