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Definition of Plaints
1. plaint [n] - See also: plaint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaints
Literary usage of Plaints
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Copyhold, Customary Freehold, and Ancient Demesne Tenure: With by John Scriven, Henry Stalman (1846)
"Of Customary plaints, in nature of Possessory Actions and Writs of Right (a).
A COPYHOLDER must, in every action real (b), have impleaded and been impleaded ..."
2. Mirror for magistrates: in five parts by William Baldwin, Richard Niccols, John Higgins (1815)
"... plaints no pitie winne, To take from me at length they did ... This last
request to you I do commend, That pitying my sad plaints, you may befriend My ..."
3. The Law Times (1876)
"In the Colchester Borough Court, in which there were six plaints entered in 1873,
there were two only in 1874. In the Northampton Court of Record, ..."
4. Publications by Manx Society, English Historical Society (1869)
"... all Actions, or plaints in Nature " of Actions for wrongfull Detension of
Goods, Cattle, or Effects; " all Actions, or plaints in Nature of Actions for ..."
5. Questions and Answers on Law: Alphabetically Arranged. With References to ...by Asa Kinne by Asa Kinne (1852)
"407 plaints. plaints—Abatement in its present and most general signification
relates to writs or ...... Vol. iii. 9 PLEA. ..."
6. The Law of Mines, Quarries and Minerals by Robert Forster MacSwinney (1884)
"1 ; parties to plaints, O. 2 ; parties under age, 0. 3 ; payment of money into
court, O. 4 ; inspection, 0.6 ; discontinuance, 0. ..."
7. A Treatise on Copyhold, Customary Freehold, and Ancient Demesne Tenure: With by John Scriven, Henry Stalman (1846)
"Of Customary plaints, in nature of Possessory Actions and Writs of Right (a).
A COPYHOLDER must, in every action real (b), have impleaded and been impleaded ..."
8. Mirror for magistrates: in five parts by William Baldwin, Richard Niccols, John Higgins (1815)
"... plaints no pitie winne, To take from me at length they did ... This last
request to you I do commend, That pitying my sad plaints, you may befriend My ..."
9. The Law Times (1876)
"In the Colchester Borough Court, in which there were six plaints entered in 1873,
there were two only in 1874. In the Northampton Court of Record, ..."
10. Publications by Manx Society, English Historical Society (1869)
"... all Actions, or plaints in Nature " of Actions for wrongfull Detension of
Goods, Cattle, or Effects; " all Actions, or plaints in Nature of Actions for ..."
11. Questions and Answers on Law: Alphabetically Arranged. With References to ...by Asa Kinne by Asa Kinne (1852)
"407 plaints. plaints—Abatement in its present and most general signification
relates to writs or ...... Vol. iii. 9 PLEA. ..."
12. The Law of Mines, Quarries and Minerals by Robert Forster MacSwinney (1884)
"1 ; parties to plaints, O. 2 ; parties under age, 0. 3 ; payment of money into
court, O. 4 ; inspection, 0.6 ; discontinuance, 0. ..."
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