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PLAINTIFF Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

A person who brings an action ; the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record. Gulf, etc., R. Co. v. Scott (Tex. Civ. App.) 28 S. W. 458; Canaan v. Greenwoods Turnpike Co., 1 Conn. 1.

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