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Plaintiff
What is a Plaintiff?
A plaintiff, also known as a claimant or complainant, is the legal term
used in some jurisdictions for the party who initiates a
lawsuit before a court. By doing so, the plaintiff seeks a legal remedy, and if
successful, the court will issue judgment in favor of the plaintiff and
make the appropriate court order (e.g., an order for damages).
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In some jurisdictions the commencement of a lawsuit is done by filing a
summons, claim form and/or a complaint, these documents are known as
pleadings, that set forth the alleged wrongs committed by the
defendant or defendants with a demand for
relief. In other jurisdictions the action is commenced by service of legal process by delivery of these
documents on the defendant by a process
server; they are only filed with the court subsequently with an
affidavit from the process server
that they had been given to the defendant(s)
according to the rules of civil procedure. |
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