pursuer
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pursuer (plural pursuers)
- One who pursues.
- (Scots law) The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff.
- 1809, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), Decisions of the Court of Sessions, from 1752 to 1808, page 216:
- On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […]
Translations edit
one who pursues
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