demandant

[dih-man-duhnt, -mahn-]

noun

Law.

1. the plaintiff in a real action.

2. any plaintiff.

demandant

/ dɪˈmɑːndənt /

noun

1. law (formerly) the plaintiff in an action relating to real property

Word History and Origins

Origin of demandant¹

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French demaundant, noun use of present participle of demaunder to demand; -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of demandant¹

C14: from Old French, from demander to _demand

Example Sentences

Writ of Ayle, an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.

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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.

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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.

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Car ce Roy ne se marieroit oncques hors de sou royaulme, et, luy demandant raison pourquoy, il m’en dit avec assez mine assurance que se venant à mesfaire de son corps une Reine estrangere qui fut de grand sang et parentage, l’on ne pourroit chastier et s’en faire quitte comme il avoit fait de la derniere,” Chapuys à l’Empereur.—MS.

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Son Excellence pense qu'il n'y a pas � h�siter que la Roumanie, demandant � entrer dans la grande famille Europ�enne, doit accepter les charges et m�me les ennuis de la situation dont elle r�clame le b�n�fice, et que l'on ne trouvera, de longtemps, une occasion aussi solennelle et d�cisive d'affirmir de nouveau les principes qui font l'honneur et la s�curit� des nations civilis�es.

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