Plaintiff vs Affiant - What's the difference?
plaintiff | affiant |
(legal) The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition.
In lang=en terms the difference between plaintiff and affiant
is that plaintiff is a party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers while affiant is the individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition.plaintiff
English
(wikipedia plaintiff)Synonyms
* complainant, litigantAntonyms
* defendant, suspectHypernyms
* litigant, litigatorHyponyms
* suer, petitionerExternal links
* *affiant
English
Noun
(en noun)- Further affiant sayeth naught. (A centuries-old statement that is still used on some legal documents as the final declaration prior to the affiant's signature.)