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Complainant

A plaintiff; a person who commences a civil lawsuit against another, known as the defendant, in order to remedy an alleged wrong. An individual who files a written accusation with the police charging a suspect with the commission of a crime and providing facts to support the allegation and which results in the criminal prosecution of the suspect.

Once the suspect is indicted, the state becomes the complainant since the alleged wrong is considered a crime against the state.

complainant

n. a person or entity who begins a lawsuit by filing a complaint, and is usually called the plaintiff, or in some cases the petitioner. (See: complaint, plaintiff, petitioner)

complainant

noun accusant, accuser, aggrieved party, challenger, charger, claimant, complaining party, denouncer, impeacher, incriminator, indicter, indictor, libelant, litigant, one instigating an action, opposing party, party, party to a suit, petitioner, petitioner for legal redress, plaintiff, preferror of charges, prosecution, prosecutor, pubbic prosecutor, relator, suitor
Associated concepts: complainant's costs, complaining wittess

complainant

the person who makes a criminal complaint in England. See COMPLAINER.

COMPLAINANT. One who makes a complaint. A plaintiff in a suit in chancery is so called.

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The complainant said that when she tried to scream for help, the accused quickly increased the volume of his music player so that his neighbours would not suspect anything.

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However, Gierran said the relationship took a dark turn after the complainant learned that Bukhari was married to another Filipina, so she decided to end the affair.

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Later that evening Putland returned to Mr Lloyd's home as he was due to stay there for the night and went up to his friend's bedroom where the complainant was lying in bed.

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It was then claimed that Putland told the complainant, "You're not being passed around", but she again told him she did not want to have sex with him.

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The complainant said: "No, I didn't know she was a prostitute then.

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The mindset of the complainant is important because, to be an assault, the contact between the parties must be without the consent of the person touched.

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Some two months before he gave a statement to the police he had seen the complainant for a couple of beers but they had not discussed the attendance centre.

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ySTANBUL (CyHAN)- The fact that testimonies from 12 complainants are very similar to each other, including even identical spelling errors and the inaccurate use of some words, in the TahE-iye indictment has raised suspicions that the testimonies might have been prepared by one person and were afterwards signed by the complainants.

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After defendant had been standing about 15 minutes, complainant took over the charge of the passing car and defendant attempted to board it.

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The complainant said that on the morning of 22 November 2013 he had observed two men in a parked car near his home for several hours, seemingly watching the residence and at one stage, looking into its windows.

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The Complainant, Caterpillar, is a MNC with a stellar reputation built in heavy equipment and construction.

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In its order, the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, said, 'We are of the opinion that some unsolicited calls have been given to the Complainant by which the right of privacy of the Complainant was violated and the Complainant suffered inconvenience, harassment and mental agony due to unsolicited calls.