relator

American  

[ri-ley-ter] / rɪˈleɪ tər /

noun

1. a person who relates or tells; narrator.

2. Law.

   1. a private person on whose suggestion or complaint certain writs, as a quo warranto, are issued and whose position is analogous to that of a plaintiff.

   2. a party in interest who is allowed to institute a proceeding in the name of a public official when the right to sue rests exclusively in that official.

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relator British  

/ rɪˈleɪtə /

noun

1. a person who relates a story; narrator

2. English law a person who gives information upon which the attorney general brings an action

3. law a person who institutes proceedings by criminal information or quo warranto

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Etymology

Origin of relator

First recorded in 1585–95, relator is from the Latin word relātor a proposer, mover. See relate, -tor

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

relator

If it intervenes, it takes over management of the lawsuit though the relator remains a party; the latter can receive 15% to 25% of any recovery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the general relator for the event, called the inclusion of women and lay members in the voting pool “not a revolution but an important change.”

From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

His wife, who filed for divorce on June 1, a week after George Floyd was killed, worked as a photographer and relator at the time.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2020

Cardinal Cláudio Hummes of Brazil, whom Francis appointed as relator general, or chairman, of the synod, acknowledged the service of women in his opening address to the plenary.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2019

The relator of this tale was Alfred de Vitry himself, who, under the name of his maternal grandfather, St. Amand, served in the second regiment of Carabiniers.

From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Related Words

• chronicler
• narrator
• poet
• raconteur