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nouna cry of sorrow and grief
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noun(United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressedtype of:
Definition that contains plaint
- answer the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- kick express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- noise a loud outcry of protest or complaint
- complain express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- plain express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- complaint (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
- execution a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
- muttering a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- murmuring a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- howl the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf