2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complainant \Com*plain"ant\, n. [F. complaignant, p. pr of
complaindre.]
1. One who makes complaint.
Eager complainants of the dispute. --Collier.
2. (Law)
a One who commences a legal process by a complaint.
b The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff
at common law.
He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the
town, and the other moiety to the use of the
complainant. --Statutes of
Mass.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
complainant
n : a person who brings an action in a court of law [syn: {plaintiff}]
[ant: {accused}]
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