relator
Example Sentences
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The government had declined to intervene in the lawsuit but praised the relator for having “diligently pursued this matter on behalf of the United States” over a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
The plaintiff, called a relator, sends the lawsuit and a statement to federal authorities, who can choose to intervene.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the general relator for the event, called the inclusion of women and lay members in the voting pool “not a revolution but an important change.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
His wife, who filed for divorce on June 1, a week after George Floyd was killed, worked as a photographer and relator at the time.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2020
The story was interrupted at every sentence, and the relator condemned as a most tedious story-teller, when, had he been permitted to go forward, he would have made the incident interesting and short.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley
