Complaint vs. Complainant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Complaint and Complainant
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Complaint
In legal terminology, a complaint is any formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons (see: cause of action) that the filing party or parties (the plaintiff(s)) believes are sufficient to support a claim against the party or parties against whom the claim is brought (the defendant(s)) that entitles the plaintiff(s) to a remedy (either money damages or injunctive relief). For example, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) that govern civil litigation in United States courts provide that a civil action is commenced with the filing or service of a pleading called a complaint.
Complainant
A plaintiff in certain lawsuits.
Complaint
An expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
Complainant
A plaintiff.
Complaint
A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance
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Complainant
A prosecuting witness in a criminal case.
Complaint
A bodily disorder or disease; a malady or ailment.
Complainant
A person who files a formal accusation or brings a formal charge.
Complaint
The symptom or distress about which a patient seeks medical assistance.
Complainant
(legal) The party that brings a civil lawsuit against another; the plaintiff.
Complaint
A formal statement initiating a lawsuit by specifying the facts and legal grounds for the relief sought.
Complainant
(legal) An alleged victim in a criminal investigation or trial.
Complaint
A formal charge, made under oath, of the commission of a crime or other such offense.
Complainant
One who makes complaint.
Complaint
The act of complaining.
Complainant
One who makes complaint.
Eager complainants of the dispute.
Complaint
A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
I have no complaints about the quality of his work, but I don't enjoy his company.
Complainant
One who commences a legal process by a complaint.
He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the town, and the other moiety to the use of the complainant.
Complaint
(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;
The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
Complainant
A person who brings an action in a court of law
Complaint
(legal) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
Complaint
A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
Don't come too close; I've got this nasty complaint.
Complaint
Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.
I poured out my complaint before him.
Grievous complaints of you.
Complaint
Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.
The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the complaint of all who wish well to the church.
Complaint
An ailment or disease of the body.
One in a complaint of his bowels.
Complaint
A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity.
Complaint
An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
Complaint
(formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
Complaint
An expression of grievance or resentment
Complaint
(civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Complaint
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;
He was arrested on a charge of larceny
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