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Meaning of "plaint" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLAINT

From Old French plainte, from Latin planctus lamentation, from plangere to beat.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PLAINT

pleɪnt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLAINT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plaint is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLAINT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Plaintiff

A plaintiff, also known as a claimant or complainant, is the term used in some jurisdictions for the party who initiates a lawsuit before a court. By doing so, the plaintiff seeks a legal remedy, and if successful, the court will issue judgment in favor of the plaintiff and make the appropriate court order. In some jurisdictions the commencement of a lawsuit is done by filing a summons, claim form and/or a complaint. These documents are known as pleadings, that set forth the alleged wrongs committed by the defendant or defendants with a demand for relief. In other jurisdictions the action is commenced by service of legal process by delivery of these documents on the defendant by a process server; they are only filed with the court subsequently with an affidavit from the process server that they had been given to the defendant according to the rules of civil procedure. Not all lawsuits are plenary actions, involving a full trial on the merits of the case. There are also simplified procedures, often called proceedings, in which the parties are termed petitioner instead of plaintiff, and respondent instead of defendant.

Definition of plaint in the English dictionary

The definition of plaint in the dictionary is a complaint or lamentation. Other definition of plaint is a statement in writing of grounds of complaint made to a court of law and asking for redress of the grievance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLAINT

acquaint · ain´t · complaint · constraint · daint · distraint · faint · feint · greasepaint · hain´t · paint · quaint · reacquaint · repaint · restraint · saint · straint · taint

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLAINT

plainful · plainish · plainly · plainness · plains · Plains Indian · Plains of Abraham · plainsman · plainsmen · plainsong · plainspokenness · plainstanes · plainstones · plaintful · plaintiff · plaintive · plaintively · plaintiveness · plaintless · plainwork

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLAINT

attaint · bowel complaint · child restraint · emulsion paint · enamel paint · finger paint · gloss paint · head restraint · heart complaint · Latter-day Saint · lead paint · liver complaint · oil-based paint · oil paint · patron saint · poster paint · self-restraint · spray paint · war paint · water paint

Synonyms and antonyms of plaint in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «plaint» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PLAINT

Find out the translation of plaint to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of plaint from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plaint» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

感叹
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

queja
570 millions of speakers
en

English

plaint
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

अभियोग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ظلامة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

исковое
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

plaint
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

আরজি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

plainte
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Plaint
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Klage
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

告訴
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

고소장
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Plaint
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự thưa
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இவ்வழக்கை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

वादी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

şikâyet
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

denuncia
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

skarga
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

позовну
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

plângere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταγγελία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klagte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plaint
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plaint
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plaint

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAINT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of plaint
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «plaint».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plaint

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAINT»

Discover the use of plaint in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plaint and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The plaint of freedom
The. Statesman. and. the. Poet-. Priest. Whose callings are different : the one having to prophesy of the future, the other to organise the present. There is no intention, in any of these lines, of quitting the true poetic sphere, to insist upon any ...
William James Linton, 1852
2
International Civil Procedure
Litigation commences when the plaintiff (the person who commences an action against the defendant) files a plaint in duplicate to the Court. The Amendment Act , 1999 has made it mandatory for all plaints to be accompanied by an affidavit ...
Shelby R. Grubbs, 2003
3
Webster's New World 575+ French Verbs
plaindre to pity, to feel sorry for Present participle: plaignant Past participle: plaint Imperative: plains, plaignez, plaignons Mode Simple Tenses Compound Tenses Singular j Plural Singular j Plural Present Passé Composé plains plalgnons ai ...
Gail Stein, 2008
4
Textbook on Pleadings, Drafting & Conveyancing
Introduction: Section 26 of CPC says that every suit shall be instituted by the presentation of a plaint or in such manner as may be prescribed. In some cases a civil proceeding may be instituted by means of a petition or even by an application; ...
Dr. A.B. Kafaltiya
5
Kenya Gazette
„T1 , o.vu.r.e Where the suit is instituted after the expiration of the period Grounds of prescribed by the law of limitation the plaint shall show the exemption grounds upon which exemption from such law in claimed. fx?m limit" ation. O.VII.r. 7.
6
No Room to Live, the Plaint of Overcrowded London
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
George Haw, 2011
7
Universal's Guide to Judicial Service Examination
then, defect for which it is rejected should not be such as is curable by amendment and nothing more than an error of procedure. If the plaint has been signed by a person not duly authorised, but who on account of misinterpretation, a certain ...
8
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of ...
... so as to Maintain ejectment against her at for a forfeiture, on proof of her incontinence ; although there were no Instances in fact slated on the rolls or known of such a forfeiture having been enforced. by the plaint if, together with c /. per cent, ...
Sir Edward Hyde East, 1809
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The Statutes at Large: From the Magna Charta, to the End of ...
... his heirs, and successors, and the other moiety thereof, to the person or persons who shall seize, sue, or inform for the same ; to be recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster, ...
Great Britain, Danby Pickering, 1764
10
Statutes Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland ... from ...
... ao of any such action, bill, plaint or suite, the plaintiffe or t">nnlt'otvJl^(;re plaintiffes therein, mall not prove to the jury which shall J^d"'^^- Jhaii try the same , that the trespasse, battery, imprisonment or find'dcsendant other fact or cause of his, ...
Ireland, 1794

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAINT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plaint is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cops not keen on registering plaint, alleges Kolhapur contractor
KOLHAPUR: All the belongings of a contractor from Latur who had checked into a lodge in Kolhapur on Friday night were stolen on the next ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
IPS officer's plaint against Mulayam disposed of
Senior IPS officer Amitabh Thakur's complaint against Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh has been disposed of, the police said. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
Email id for Meerut's aggrieved journos to file plaint
Meerut: A month after the Uttar Pradesh government announced a helpline for aggrieved journalists, the Meerut district magistrate has ordered ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
4
Ashwin figures in another bribe plaint
With the SIT already probing the role of Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao's son Ashwin in demanding bribe from a PWD executive engineer, ... «Bangalore Mirror, Jul 15»
5
Plaint against vet after dog dies in Sec 35 clinic
CHANDIGARH: The police have received a complaint against a veterinary doctor after a dog taken to his pet clinic in Sector 35 for a haircut ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Plaint against two doctors
After Sandhya Vaidyanathan (29), who alleged medical negligence against two doctors garnered support online, the family filed a police ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
7
Plaint lodged against AIADMK MP for hate speech
Namakkal: Two days after Namakkal constituency MP P R Sundaram's hate speech, Rasipuram town DMK secretary P Sankar lodged a ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
8
HM floors police with plaint on 'oversized' clothes
Police are used to wacky complaints. But one that reached Mandya (West) police station had them bemused. Muddaiah M C, a headmaster, ... «Bangalore Mirror, Jul 15»
9
Calicut University syndicate member files plaint against VC
MALAPPURAM: A woman syndicate member of Calicut University has approached the state women's commission with a complaint against ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
10
Student who alleged corporal punishment files harassment plaint
LUDHIANA: The BCM Senior Secondary School student, who had filed a police complaint of corporal punishment by teacher, has alleged ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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