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Eng. law. The exhibiting of any action, real or personal, in writing; the party making his plaint is called the plaintiff. In English practice. A private memorial tendered In open court to the judge, wherein the party injured sets forth his cause of action. A proceeding in Inferior courts by which an action is com menced without original writ. 3 Bl. Comm. 373. This mode of … [Read more...] about PLAINT

A guilty plea where a defendant admits formally to a crime in court. … [Read more...] about PLEA OF GUILTY

(A) practice. He who, in a personal action, seeks a remedy for an injury to his rights. 2. Plaintiffs are legal or equitable. The legal plaintiff is he in whom the legal title or cause of action is vested. The equitable plaintiff is he who, not having the legal title, yet, is in equity entitled to the thing sued for; for example, when a suit is brought by Benjamin Franklin for … [Read more...] about PLAINTIFF

A plea of innocence where the defendant does not deny that the act took place but claims that he or she was not mentally competent and cannot be found guilty. … [Read more...] about PLEA OF INSANITY

A party who sues out a writ of error, and this whether in the court below he was plaintiff or defendant. … [Read more...] about PLAINTIFF IN ERROR