ABSP - Law: Civilians

Law: Civilians

abandonee	one to whom anything is legally abandoned.
abductee	one who is abducted.
affiant	one who makes an affidavit.
annuitant	one who receives, or is entitled to receive, an annuity.
appellant	a person who makes an appeal to a higher court or authority.
appellee	the defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to APPELLANT.
appellor	the person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime.
arrestee	one who is arrested.
assignee	a person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act.
attestant+ attester attestor	one who attests.
bailsman	a person who gives bail for another.
barrater barrator barretor	one that persistently instigates lawsuits.
caveator	one who enters a CAVEAT.
cestui	in legal phrases, he, the one > CESTUIS.
compearant	in Scots law, one who COMPEARS, appears in court.
compurgator	one who under oath vouches for the character or conduct of an accused person.
conjurator	one who swears or is sworn with others.
conominee	one nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee.
contemner contemnor	a person who contemns; a person who has been found guilty of contempt of court.
contrahent	a contracting party.
covenantee	the person in whose favor a covenant is made.
covenanter covenantor	the party who makes a COVENANT.
debtee	one to whom a debt is due; a creditor.
defendant	a person accused or sued.
deforcer	one who DEFORCES, keeps out of possession by force.
delator	an accuser; an informer.
demandant	one who demands; a plaintiff.
earwitness	a witness that can testify from his or her own hearing.
endorsee indorseee	the person to whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned by indorsement.
essoiner	historically, a person who offered an excuse for someone else's non-appearance in court.
eyewitness	one who sees an occurrence or an object.
feme	a legal term for a woman, as in feme covert, married woman, feme sole, unmarried woman or widow.
fiduciary	a person who holds anything in trust > FIDUCIARILY.
garnishee	a person warned not to pay money owed to another, because the latter is indebted to the garnisher who gives the warning; (verb) to make someone a GARNISHEE > GARNISHEES, GARNISHEEING, GARNISHEED.
grievant	one that submits a complaint for arbitration.
guarantor	one who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety.
impleader	one who prosecutes or sues another.
indictee	one who is indicted.
indorsee	see ENDORSEE.
interpellant	interrupting; (noun) a person interpellating.
intervenor	in law, one who intervenes.
jurant	one who takes an oath.
juror	a member of a jury.
juryman	one who serves on a jury.
jurywoman	a woman who serves on a jury.
kidnapee kidnappee	one who is kidnapped.
libelant libellant	one who brings a charge of libel.
libelee libellee	one who is LIBELED.
libeler libeller	one who libels.
libelist	one who libels.
litigant	a person engaged in a lawsuit.
litigator	one who litigates.
mainpernor	one who gives MAINPRISE, surety for the appearance of a prisoner at trial.
muggee	the victim of a MUGGER.
murderee	the victim of a murder.
nullifier	one who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties.
obligor	the person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another.
optionee	one who holds a legal option.
oratrix	a woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading > ORATRIXES or ORATRICES.
pais	the people from whom a jury is drawn. No plural.
parolee	someone on PAROLE.
patentee	one to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.
pawnee	one to whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
permittee	one to whom a permission or permit is given.
plainant	one who makes complaint; the plaintiff.
plaintiff	a person or body suing a defendant in a court of law.
pledgee	one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledged is delivered.
pledgeor pledger pledgor	a person who deposits something as a pledge or pawn.
promisee	the person to whom a promise is made.
promisor promissor	one who makes a (legal) promise.
recoveree	the person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.
recoveror	the demandant in a common recovery after judgment.
registrant	a person who registers, or has registered (a trademark, etc).
salvagee	one in whose favour salvage has been effected.
settlor	one that makes a legal settlement.
signee	a signer of a document.
slanderer	one who slanders.
suer	one who sues; a suitor.
talesman	a bystander chosen to make up a deficiency in a jury.
testifier	one who testifies.
venireman	a person summoned by VENIRE as a prospective juror.
venter	a person who utters or publishes.
visne	a jury summoned from the neighbourhood in which the cause of action lies. [OF visne, neighbourhood].
vouchee	the person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery.
warrantee	the person to whom a warrant or warranty is made.
warranter warrantor	one who warrants.

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