relator
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
Law.
a private person on whose suggestion or complaint certain writs, as a quo warranto, are issued and whose position is analogous to that of a plaintiff.
a party in interest who is allowed to institute a proceeding in the name of a public official when the right to sue rests exclusively in that official.
Origin of relator
1Words that may be confused with relator
- relator , Realtor
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How to use relator in a sentence
And, in fact, the record in so many words so stated, and the statement was uncontroverted by the relator.
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt | David Miller DeWittAbraham Crist appeared for the relator, and John Greenwood for the defendant.
A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County Volume II | Stephen M. OstranderThere was still a relator, a private secretary of the inquisitor-general, a keeper of the archives, and four minor officials.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4 | Henry Charles LeaAs a mere relator, therefore, of the sights and sounds of great naval battles, Mr. Brownell has a fresh story to tell.
Archie's face grew more and more rigid as he listened, but the anger that the relator had anticipated did not show there.
A Black Adonis | Linn Boyd Porter
British Dictionary definitions for relator
/ (rɪˈleɪtə) /
a person who relates a story; narrator
English law a person who gives information upon which the attorney general brings an action
US law a person who institutes proceedings by criminal information or quo warranto
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