Feb 17, 2005 14:23
19 yrs ago
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English term
Works in: Spanish to English
a more updated term for PLAINTIFF (demandante)
English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
plaintiff is no longer used in modern documents. Does anyone know what the updated term is? Thanks a lot!
Responses
| 5 +4 | plaintiff |
Robert Jones
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| 5 +3 | claimant (UK only) |
Rebecca Jowers
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| 5 +1 | applicant and claimant |
canaria
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| 5 +1 | complainant |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 5 +1 | claimant |
Tatty
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11 mins
Robert Jones
Spain
Spain
Native in English
&
English
Works in field
Spain
Fast, professional and conscientious.
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
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plaintiff
What's wrong with "plaintiff"? It was used yesterday in the European Court of Human Rights in the McLibel case (see link below).
Peer comment(s):
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Roxana Cortijo
27 mins
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| agree |
mstkwasa
: I cannot see anything wrong with it personally, but they have replaced it with "claimant" in England and Wales.
44 mins
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| agree |
Krisztina Lelik
1 hr
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| agree |
bigedsenior
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
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12 mins
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8 mins
complainant
but plaintiff is used in the US ..it depends on which court and in which state
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-02-17 14:39:11 GMT)
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I wonder where you got the idea that the term was old fashioned?
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-02-17 14:39:11 GMT)
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I wonder where you got the idea that the term was old fashioned?
Peer comment(s):
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jccantrell
: Yes, this is true. Perhaps they were thinking Great Britain?
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funny I thought I answered this first..
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13 mins
claimant
Here's a definition from a legal secretary's guide relating to England and Wales, it's useful as it has specimens of all kinds of documents:
Plaintiff Before the Civil Procedure Rules came into effect, the person who brought an action in civil court proceedings was called the plaintiff. Such a person is now known as the claimant.
The change is also reflected in the link.
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Note added at 19 mins (2005-02-17 14:42:57 GMT)
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They came into effect in 2003.
Plaintiff Before the Civil Procedure Rules came into effect, the person who brought an action in civil court proceedings was called the plaintiff. Such a person is now known as the claimant.
The change is also reflected in the link.
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Note added at 19 mins (2005-02-17 14:42:57 GMT)
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They came into effect in 2003.
Peer comment(s):
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mstkwasa
: Yes, in England and Wales but not in N. Ireland... "Paragraphs 14, 16 and 17 replace the obsolete word "plaintiff" [...] with the modern term "claimant" now used in civil proceedings in England and Wales." (Patents Act 2004)
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1 hr
Rebecca Jowers
Spain
Spain
Native in English
&
English
Specializes in field
Spain
30 yrs experience legal-commercial
Native in: English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
claimant (UK only)
In the UK the traditional term "plaintiff" was officially changed to "claimant" with the reform of Civil Procedure Rules in 1999 ("Lord Woolf's Reform"), which also changed lots of other civil proceeding terminology: a writ is now a "claim form;" pleadings are a "statement of case;" discovery is now "disclosure;" an in camera hearing is a "hearing in private;" an ex parte hearing is a "hearing without notice", etc., etc. More examples are provided in the article cited below on the "World Wide Words" webpage. However, the term "plaintiff" for "demandante" is still very much alive and kicking in the U.S., although in some non-contentious proceedings such as divorces the terms "petitioner" (for "demandante") and "respondent" (for "demandado") would be more appropriate.
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