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

The demandant is either the same coheir named above, viz.

From Notes and Queries, Number 68, February 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

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

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)

At the Durham Assizes, on August 6, 1638, a wager of battel was offered and accepted, for deciding the rights to land at Thickley, between Ralph Claxton, demandant, and Richard Lilburne, tenant.

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