demandant
Americannoun
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the plaintiff in a real action.
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any plaintiff.
noun
Etymology
Origin of demandant
1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French demaundant, noun use of present participle of demaunder to demand; see -ant
Example Sentences
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At the Durham Assizes, on August 6, 1638, a wager of battel was offered and accepted, for deciding the rights to land at Thickley, between Ralph Claxton, demandant, and Richard Lilburne, tenant.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
In civil cases, the combat was not allowed as the means of establishing the claim of the demandant; but he was obliged to produce witnesses who had, or assumed to have, knowledge of the fact.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart
And he laid the descent thus: 'From Robert descended the right, &c., to Adam the present demandant, as his youngest son and heir, according to the custom of such a place, &c.'
From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)
The demandant must first make his application to the municipality, stating his reasons for leaving the kingdom, the country to which he is going, and the point at which he means to quit France.
From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby
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