pursuer

Etymology

pursue + -er

noun

  1. One who pursues.
  2. (Scotland, law) The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff.
    On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […] 1809, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), Decisions of the Court of Sessions, from 1752 to 1808, page 216

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