relator

[ ri-ley-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person who relates or tells; narrator.

  2. 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

1
First recorded in 1585–95, relator is from the Latin word relātor a proposer, mover. See relate, -tor

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British Dictionary definitions for relator

relator

/ (rɪˈleɪtə) /


noun
  1. a person who relates a story; narrator

  2. English law a person who gives information upon which the attorney general brings an action

  1. US law a person who institutes proceedings by criminal information or quo warranto

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