relator

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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

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

Only “when the government decides it does not want to join the case can the relator proceed independently.”

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2022

Cardinal Cláudio Hummes of Brazil, whom Francis appointed as relator general, or chairman, of the synod, acknowledged the service of women in his opening address to the plenary.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2019

Every lip was busy with second-hand gossip coming, as each relator declared, from the most reliable sources.

From The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)