anofficiallegalcomplaintagainst someone that is used in acourtoflaw:Once theparticularsof theclaimhave beenfiled, thejudgemustentera plaint in thecourtrecord.a plaintfee/number/recordComparecomplaintplea(Definition ofplaintfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofplaint
plaintHow could ordinary people, even when they were able to string letters together, write plaints articulately enough to grab the attention of those reluctant magistrates?From theCambridge English CorpusMing authorities however allowed government and national university students to submit the plaints themselves if the matter was of critical importance to them.From theCambridge English CorpusIn a case like that, theplaintwould customarily be sent back from the prefectural court to the county court.From theCambridge English CorpusThe litigant had to retain his litigation master even after hisplainthad been accepted.From theCambridge English CorpusWe have so far reviewed the proxy writing of plaints, but the same applied to defendants.From theCambridge English CorpusThese two examples indicate that the scriveners wrote out the plaints that the litigation masters dictated, and affixed the official seal.From theCambridge English CorpusNeither does it include plaints submitted but not accepted by the authorities.From theCambridge English CorpusHe also wrote plaints in a form acceptable to the courts, and coached litigants in their presentation.From theCambridge English CorpusThat is why the government has repeatedly prohibited false plaints and officially licensed scriveners from writing claims on behalf of litigants.From theCambridge English CorpusIt was wiser to consult a litigation specialist and to have him write theplaintand follow his advice throughout the litigation process.From theCambridge English CorpusThey were all required to have somebody else hand in their plaints.From theCambridge English CorpusIf aplaintwas written correctly according to the format, it was to be accepted.From theCambridge English CorpusThe magistrate summoned the scrivener and asked him who the woman had been with when she had asked him to write aplaint.From theCambridge English CorpusThis is done because it was the defendant who usually paid the amercement in plaints that do identify plaintiff and defendant.From theCambridge English CorpusIt must be an inexperiencedplaintwriter who has written these pretentious passages.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/plaint##
