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re·la·tor /rē-'lā-tər/ n: a party other than the plaintiff upon whose information, knowledge, or relation of facts an action is brought when the right to bring the action is vested in another: asa: the private person who brings a qui tam actionb: a party who has standing and on whose behalf a writ (as of mandamus) is petitioned for by the state as plaintiffrelator then filed...a petition in prohibition requesting this court to prohibit respondents from transferring the funds — State ex rel. Tate v. Turner, 789 S.W.2d 240 (1990) see also ex relatione
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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n. Individual who reports or gives information upon whose word certain legal documents may be given.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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The individual in whose name a legal action is brought by a state; the individual who relates the facts on which an action is based.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The individual in whose name a legal action is brought by a state; the individual who relates the facts on which an action is based.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.