plaintiff in error

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plaintiff in error - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  plaintiff in error
      n 1: the party who appeals a decision of a lower court [syn:
           appellant, plaintiff in error]

plaintiff in error - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  PLAINTIFF IN ERROR. A party who sues out a writ of error, and this whether 
  in the court below he was plaintiff or defendant.