{"id":5163,"date":"2017-08-15T01:12:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T01:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=5163"},"modified":"2018-09-02T18:47:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T18:47:50","slug":"plaintiff-related-definitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=5163","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Persons&#8221; and &#8220;Parties&#8221; &#8211; litigation terms:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This page is continued\u00a0from <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=2488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intro<\/a>\u00a0&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=5206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jurisdiction<\/a> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal Jurisdiction<\/a>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">*********************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">party<\/span><\/a> &#8211; a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">natural person<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artificial person<\/a>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">interested in the outcome of litigation, who may or may not be a party of record, &amp;\/or a person who has engaged in a transaction.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">natural person<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8211; a human being.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">artificial Person<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; has rights but not privileges or immunities, and may be held liable.\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(i.e. &#8211; corporations, governmental bodies).\u00a0\u2014 aka<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">fictitious person<\/span>; <span style=\"color: #800000;\">juristic person<\/span>; <span style=\"color: #800000;\">juridical person<\/span>; <span style=\"color: #800000;\">legal person<\/span>; <span style=\"color: #800000;\">moral person<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">litigant<\/span><\/a> &#8211; the plaintiff or defendant in a court action.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">Definitions for<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Types of Litigants on the Offense:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">plaintiff<\/span><\/a> &#8211; a party who brings a civil suit in a court of law.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">complainant<\/span><\/a> &#8211; a person who files a formal accusation of a crime or a plaintiff in a civil suit (court of equity).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">petitioner<\/span><\/a> &#8211; a party who presents a petition to a court or other official body, especially\u00a0when seeking relief.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">appellant<\/span><\/a> &#8211; a party who appeals a lower court&#8217;s decision, usually seeking reversal of\u00a0that decision.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">Definitions for<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Types of Litigants on the Defense:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">defendant<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8211; a person sued in a civil proceeding or accused in a criminal proceeding.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">respondant<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; the party against whom an appeal is taken to a higher court; the appellee or the defendant in a suit in equity.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">third-party defendant<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; a party brought into a lawsuit by the original defendant.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=8981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">appellee<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; a party against whom an appeal is taken from a lower court to a higher court &amp; whose role is to respond to that appeal.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Disclaimer:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All material throughout this website is pertinent to people everywhere, and is being utilized in accordance with <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=2191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fair Use<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote1\" dir=\"LTR\">\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0All short descriptions of legal terms found throughout this page were compiled using<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=7679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballantine&#8217;s Law Dictionary <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=7679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legal Assistant Edition<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Jack Ballantine\u00a0<em>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawyeredu.org\/what-is-a-juris-doctorate-degree.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctored<\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawyeredu.org\/what-is-a-juris-doctorate-degree.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=5451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black&#8217;s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=5451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. 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