Definition of Plaintiff in error

1. Noun. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court.

Exact synonyms: Appellant
Generic synonyms: Litigant, Litigator
Derivative terms: Appeal, Appellant

Definition of Plaintiff in error

1. Noun. (legal) A party who appeals the decision of a lower court. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Plaintiff in error

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The plaintiff in error contends that this decision was erroneous. ... »38 What vessels were meant T plaintiff in error contends they must be of the same ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The only question argued in the brief of counsel for the plaintiff in error is that raised by the exceptions pendente lite. There is, however, in the main ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"[1-3] The fundamental argument for the plaintiff in error is that the law of ... The plaintiff in error certainly did not get less than It was entitled to ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... for plaintiff in error. Mr. Wm. W. Cramp, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice Clifford delivered the opinion of the court: Advances were made by the ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"Where a first writ of error abate«, or is put an end to by the act of the plaintiff in error, a second writ of error brought in the same Court is not a ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature by William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court (1859)
"JAMES CHEETHAM, plaintiff in error, against THOMAS TILLOTSON, defendant in error. in a declaration • THIS cause came before this court, on a writ of error, ..."

7. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The plaintiff in error contends that this decision was erroneous. ... »38 What vessels were meant T plaintiff in error contends they must be of the same ..."

8. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The only question argued in the brief of counsel for the plaintiff in error is that raised by the exceptions pendente lite. There is, however, in the main ..."

9. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"[1-3] The fundamental argument for the plaintiff in error is that the law of ... The plaintiff in error certainly did not get less than It was entitled to ..."

10. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... for plaintiff in error. Mr. Wm. W. Cramp, for defendant in error. Mr. Justice Clifford delivered the opinion of the court: Advances were made by the ..."

11. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"Where a first writ of error abate«, or is put an end to by the act of the plaintiff in error, a second writ of error brought in the same Court is not a ..."

12. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature by William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court (1859)
"JAMES CHEETHAM, plaintiff in error, against THOMAS TILLOTSON, defendant in error. in a declaration • THIS cause came before this court, on a writ of error, ..."

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