Orator
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Chancery Practice. The party who files a bill. In Roman Law. An advocate. Code 1. 3. 33. 1.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The party who files a bill. Oratrix, is used of a female plaintiff. These words are disused in England, the customary phrases now being plaintiff and petitioner. In Roman Law. An advocate. Code 1. 3. 33. 1. 0RCINUS LIBERTUS. In Roman Law. A freedman who obtained his liberty by the direct operation of the will or testament of his deceased master was so called, being the freedman of the deceased ( orcinus ), not of the lucres. Hunter, Rom. L. 176.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
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 these terms have long gone into disuse, and the customary phrases now are "plaintiff" or "petitioner." In Roman law, the term denoted an advocate.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
9 A petitioner in a court of equity; a complainant or plaintiff. Oratrix is the feminine form of the word in Latin.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A petitioner; a plaintiff in equity.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
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. Brown.