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demandant

American  
[dih-man-duhnt, -mahn-] / dɪˈmæn dənt, -ˈmɑn- /

noun

Law.
  1. the plaintiff in a real action.

  2. any plaintiff.


demandant British  
/ dɪˈmɑːndənt /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of demandant

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


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The demandant is either the same coheir named above, viz.

From Notes and Queries, Number 68, February 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

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 F. J. (Frederick John) Snell

While giving a judgment on a writ of right, Lord Norbury observed that it was not sufficient for a demandant to say he "claimed by descent."

From Law and Laughter by George A. (George Alexander) Morton

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.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

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 Henry Digby Beste

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