March 01, 2014 plaintiff • \PLAYN-tif\ • noun : a person who brings a legal action Examples: In the end, the jury found for the plaintiff, and ordered the company to pay a significant amount in damages. Together, Princes lawyers allege, these websites constitute an interconnected network of bootleg distribution which is able to broadly disseminate unauthorised copies of Princes musical compositions and live performances. The plaintiffs cited shared bootlegs such as Princes 24 March 2011 performance in Charlotte, North Carolina…. — From an article by Sean Michaels at guardian.co.uk, January 27, 2014 Did you know? We wont complain about the origins of plaintiff, although complain and plaintiff are distantly related; both can be traced back to plangere, a Latin word meaning to strike, beat ones breast, or lament. Plaintiff comes most immediately from Middle English plaintif, itself an Anglo-French borrowing tracing back to plaint, meaning lamentation. (The English word plaintive is also related.) Logically enough, plaintiff applies to the one who does the complaining in a legal case.
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