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Definition of Relators
1. relator [n] - See also: relator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Relators
Literary usage of Relators
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Law of Mandamus by Samuel Slaughter Merrill (1892)
"Parties in interest must be the relators in mandamus proceedings to protect
private rights. 229. Can a private party be the relator to enforce a public ..."
2. Reports of Some Cases Adjudged in the Courts of the Lord Chancellor, Master by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Charles Purton Cooper (1841)
"18s. in the 3 per cent. reduced annuities, and soon after the cause was again
brought on. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Anderdon for the relators. ..."
3. Pleading and Practice of the High Court of Chancery by Edmund Robert Daniell, Thomas Emerson Headlam (1865)
"Order to tax costs of Attorney-General separately from relators ;o* petition.
Tax as between solicitor and client, the costs of all parties to these softs, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, James William Mylne, Richard Davis Craig, Charles Christopher Pepys Cottenham (1837)
"In the present case it appears that the relators obtained the order on the 28th of
... I am of opinion that the relators in tliis case have not shewn any ..."
5. Pleading and Practice of the High Court of Chancery by Edmund Robert Daniell, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins, Thomas Emerson Headlam (1846)
"All persons, who are not under any of the legal disabilities af- Who may be ter
mentioned, may be relators in informations concerning chari- ..."
6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1909)
"The relators' first contention is that the preliminary decrees are void, or at
least erroneous, for the reason that the descriptions of the property sought ..."
7. Pittsburgh Legal Journal by Allegheny County Bar Association (1914)
"Thereupon a writ was granted, returnable July 23, 1914, at 9:30 o'clock AM Upon
the return day, the respondent produced the relators, who filed an amended ..."
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