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Definition of Claimant
1. Noun. Someone who claims a benefit or right or title. "He was a claimant to the throne"
Definition of Claimant
1. n. One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
Definition of Claimant
1. Noun. One who claims; one who makes a claim. ¹
2. Noun. (U.K.) A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar. ¹
3. Noun. (legal) The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Claimant
1. one that asserts a right or title [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Claimant
Literary usage of Claimant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"Ct.) weighed, for mailing, at the railway station whether In sacks or In bundles,
were alike Instead of at the post office ; claimant furnishing scales for ..."
2. The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States by John Codman Hurd (1862)
"... the proofs on which its legality is to be decided, and the method in which
the delivery to the claimant is to be carried into effect. ..."
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