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The plaintiff is the accuser and the defendant is the accused.

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When voluntarily dismissing a lawsuit must the parties to the lawsuit sign?

The answer is no, the plaintiff can dismiss the lawsuit at anytime if there are no substantial objections from the defendant.


What prevents a plaintiff from bringing a second lawsuit based on the same facts parties and legal issues already decided in a prior lawsuit?

Res judicata


In a lawsuit what if all parties are not served?

In a lawsuit one has serve notice on the defendant. After receiving the notice the defendants fail in appearing in the court then ex-parte proceedings start.


How do you use parties in a sentence?

Both the Republican and Democratic parties agreed that the actions of the president were unconstitutional.There are parties almost every night during the Carnival season.The parties to a lawsuit include the plantiff and the defendant.(verb, colloquial)He parties too much and is usually too tired to be effective on the job.


The definition of a contract is?

The definition of a contract is an agreement (verbal or written down) between two parties.


Are lawsuit settlements paid out on injury claims public knowledge?

Not always. A judge may decided, based on an agreement between the attorney's for both the plantiff and defendant that a monetary judgment may remain undisclosed if it is in the interest of both parties.


What are the requirements for a class action lawsuit?

The only requirement for a class action lawsuit is that the lawsuit inovles multiple suing parties. Some of the most famous class action lawsuits came out of the late 90's pursuit of the tobacco industry. Below is a link to the largest, current class action lawsuit, Dukes Vs. Walmart:


What is the definition of contract in Australia?

The definition of a contract in Australia is and agreement or a meeting of the minds of two or more parties.


How do you say perfect parties in French?

It would help to know what sort of "parties" you are talking about. I'm going to assume you mean parties as in birthday/holiday/theme parties (not political parties or parties to an agreement or lawsuit). Les fêtes parfaites (sounds nice - it rhymes!) Les soirées parfaites Les boums parfaites (slang, for young people)


What is a person bringing a criminal lawsuit called?

There is no such thing as a criminal lawsuit. Criminal prosecutions are brought by the state through the appropriate prosecution, and are not called lawsuits. Lawsuits are civil suits, that are, by definition, not criminal.


How do you determine the names of the parties in a lawsuit?

You can visit the court that has jurisdiction and look up the names of the parties, or one of the parties, in the case index.You can visit the court that has jurisdiction and look up the names of the parties, or one of the parties, in the case index.You can visit the court that has jurisdiction and look up the names of the parties, or one of the parties, in the case index.You can visit the court that has jurisdiction and look up the names of the parties, or one of the parties, in the case index.


What is the definition of contracts?

Legal agreements written up between two parties.