Complainant Definition

kəm-plānənt
complainants
noun
complainants
A plaintiff.
American Heritage
A prosecuting witness in a criminal case.
American Heritage
A person who files a charge or makes the complaint in court; plaintiff.
Webster's New World
One who enters a complaint against another in a civil action.
Webster's New World Law
One who signs and swears to a criminal complaint.
Webster's New World Law
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Other Word Forms of Complainant

Noun

Singular:
complainant
Plural:
complainants

Origin of Complainant

  • Old French complaignant, present participle of complaindre.

    From Wiktionary

Complainant Sentence Examples

  • With certain exceptions reserved for the provincial court (such as insolvency, ownership of immovable property and divorce), the native high court exercises jurisdiction when all parties to the suit are natives; it also has jurisdiction when the complainant is not a native, but all other parties to the suit are natives.

  • There were no court costs incurred by the successful complainant.

  • The complainant 's room was rearranged to make it more suitable for her.

  • The complainant alleged that the alcohol type, which the complainant believed to be " Spirit ", was in small insignificant print.

  • We noted the complainant's assertion that he had made his initial inquiry two days after the ad appeared.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOM

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TNTANT

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