relator

American  

[ri-lay-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

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Example Sentences

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relator

The government had declined to intervene in the lawsuit but praised the relator for having “diligently pursued this matter on behalf of the United States” over a decade.

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

Only “when the government decides it does not want to join the case can the relator proceed independently.”

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2022

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

He was one day told a story with which the relator was he the highest degree delighted.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Charles Mackay

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