Relator
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A rehearser or teller. One who, by leave of court, brings an information in the nature of a quo warranto. At common law, strictly speaking, no such person as a relator to an information is known, he being a creature of the statute of 9 Anne. In this country, even where no similar statute prevails, informations are allowed to be filed by private persons desirous to try their rights, in the name of the attorney-general, and these are commonly called relators; though no judgment for costs can be rendered for or against them; Com. v. Woelper, 3 S. & R. (Pa.) 52. In chancery, the relator is responsible for costs; 4 Bouvier, Inst. n.
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See Quo Warranto.
See Quo Warranto.