Orator
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
The plaintiff in a cause or matter in chancery, when addressing or petitioning the court, used to style himself " orator," and when a woman, " oratrix." But the phrase has long gone into disuse, and the customary phrases are now plaintiff and petitioner.
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