demandant

American  

[dih-man-duhnt, -mahn-] / dɪˈmæn dənt, -ˈmɑn- /

noun

Law.

1. the plaintiff in a real action.

2. any plaintiff.

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demandant British  

/ dɪˈmɑːndənt /

noun

1. law (formerly) the plaintiff in an action relating to real property

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Etymology

Origin of demandant

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French demaundant, noun use of present participle of demaunder to demand; see -ant

Example Sentences

And he laid the descent thus: 'From Robert descended the right, &c., to Adam the present demandant, as his youngest son and heir, according to the custom of such a place, &c.'

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

In civil cases, the combat was not allowed as the means of establishing the claim of the demandant; but he was obliged to produce witnesses who had, or assumed to have, knowledge of the fact.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart

In civil causes the combat was not allowed as the means of establishing the claim of the demandant; but he was obliged to produce witnesses, who had, or assumed to have, knowledge of the fact.

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

Writ of Ayle, an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

The demandant must first make his application to the municipality, stating his reasons for leaving the kingdom, the country to which he is going, and the point at which he means to quit France.

From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby