2020-11-28
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด P – plaintiff & defendant
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง plaintiff = ‘PLEYN-tif’
Replacement for plaintiff = Claimant = ‘KLEY-muhn’
ออกเสียง defendant = ‘dih-FEN-duhnt’ (in court = -dant)
US English = prisoner
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
Plaintiff = the party who institutes a suit in court,
opposed to defendant
Not to be confused with:
plaintive – expressing sorrow; mournful:
a plaintive melody; wistful, sad
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Plaintiff
Did You Know?
We won't complain about the origins of plaintiff,
although complain and plaintiff are distantly related;
both can be traced back to plangere, a Latin word
meaning "to strike, beat one's breast, or lament."
Plaintiff comes most immediately from Middle English plaintif,
itself an Anglo-French borrowing tracing back to plaint,
meaning "lamentation." (The English word plaintive is also related.)
Logically enough, plaintiff applies to the one
who does the complaining in a legal case.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
plaintiff & defendant
Anyone who has difficulty remembering thedistinction
between these words should recall that
plaintiff is related to plaint andcomplaint (meaning “grievance”)
and complain (“to protest”).
A plaintiff is a complainant,
one who brings a suit in a court of law:
“Marcia was the plaintiff in this action.”
A defendant, as opposed to a plaintiff,
is a defending party, a person sued or accused: “
As plaintiff, you brought the action,
and as defendant, I shall oppose you.”
