Meaning & use
plaintiff in error
In older legal usage, the party who brings a writ of error asking a higher court to review and correct a lower court's judgment.
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The plaintiff in error argued that the trial judge had misapplied the statute of limitations.
Historical court records often list the plaintiff in error alongside the defendant in error on appeal.
A note on using this word
Plaintiff in error is largely historical terminology, now mostly replaced in American courts by 'appellant.'
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defendant in error
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