plaintiff

party which initiates a court case
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plaintiff

Summary

plaintiff ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,562 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • plaintiff is a type of litigant[2].
  • plaintiff's said to be the same as is recorded as pursuer[3].
  • plaintiff is the opposite of respondent[4].
  • plaintiff is the opposite of defendant[5].
  • plaintiff's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[6].
  • plaintiff's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • plaintiff's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • plaintiff's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[9].
  • plaintiff's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1620[10].
  • plaintiff's female form of label is recorded as žalobkyně[11].
  • plaintiff's female form of label is recorded as позивачка[12].
  • plaintiff's P14864 is recorded as kantaja[13].

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Definition and Type

plaintiff is a type of litigant[2]. Recorded opposite of include respondent[4] and defendant[5].

Why It Matters

plaintiff ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,562 views/month).[1] plaintiff has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] plaintiff is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). plaintiff. Retrieved October 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/plaintiff
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Zache · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14864 → kantaja
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14864]]: kantaja, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789688721844"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → litigant
    Aliases → —
    Main wikidata property → P1620
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12329, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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