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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 (291 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 defendant[4].
  • plaintiff's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[5].
  • plaintiff's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • plaintiff's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • plaintiff's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[8].
  • plaintiff's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1620[9].
  • plaintiff's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'žalobkyně'}[10].
  • plaintiff's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'позивачка'}[11].

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Definition and Type

plaintiff is a type of litigant[2]. plaintiff is the opposite of defendant[4].

Why It Matters

plaintiff ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (291 views/month).[1] plaintiff has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] plaintiff is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Q533822. 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.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). plaintiff. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/plaintiff
MLA “plaintiff.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/plaintiff.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_plaintiff_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{plaintiff}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/plaintiff}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 1d 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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