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The one who started the fight, dressed it in legalese, and called it justice.
means The person who brings a lawsuit, formally accusing another party and seeking a remedy from a court.
from From the Anglo-French 'plaintif,' meaning 'complaining' or 'aggrieved,' which came through Old French from Latin 'plangere' — to beat one's breast, to lament loudly. The same root gives us 'plaintive' and 'complain': all of them, at heart, the sound of someone wronged making noise about it. English law simply took the loudest complainer and gave them a courtroom seat.
- name origin
- From Latin plangere, to lament or beat the breast
- burden
- Must prove the case; defendants just poke holes
- old spelling
- Once identical to plaintive, the word for sorrowful
- standing
- Cannot sue without a real injury to claim
- the flip side
- Become a defendant by losing a countersuit
for instance
apple v epic games — antitrust lawsuit filed 2020, apple as plaintiff suing over app store policies