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Plaintiff Court Person Law Group You’re Defendant You’ve

Front plaintiff
Pron ['pleɪntɪf]
Back 【plaintiff】
n.原告
In the court the plaintiff asserted that the thief had stolen two hundred dollars from his store.
法庭上,原告声称小偷从他店里偷去两百元。
Vocab
plaintiffa person who brings an action in a court of law

In a courtroom, the plaintiff is the person or group who is accusing another person or group of some wrongdoing. If you’re the plaintiff, you are claiming that a law was broken, and you’re in court to present your case.

The plaintiff accuses, the defendant tries to prove that accusation wrong. You’ve seen this relationship on television shows about lawyers, or maybe you’ve been to court yourself. The Old French root word translates as “complain” and the Latin root is literally “beating of the breast,” or explaining your grief in a dramatic way. Plaintiff shares roots with the adjective plaintive, which describes a sorrowful sound. The plaintiff made a plaintive cry when the defendant was declared not guilty.

All forms of 'plaintiff' will appear on average once every 1441 pages.
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