Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| abandonee | one to whom anything is legally abandoned. |
| abductee | one who is abducted. |
| affiant | one who makes an affidavit. |
| annuitant | one who receives, or is entitled to receive, an annuity. |
| appellant | a person who makes an appeal to a higher court or authority. |
| appellee | the defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to APPELLANT. |
| appellor | the person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. |
| arrestee | one who is arrested. |
| assignee | a person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act. |
| attestant attester attestor | one who attests. |
| bailsman | a person who gives bail for another. |
| barrater barrator barretor | one that persistently instigates lawsuits. |
| caveator | one who enters a CAVEAT. |
| cestui | in legal phrases, he, the one > CESTUIS. |
| compearant | in Scots law, one who COMPEARS, appears in court. |
| compurgator | one who under oath vouches for the character or conduct of an accused person. |
| conjurator | one who swears or is sworn with others. |
| conominee | one nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee. |
| contemner contemnor | a person who contemns; a person who has been found guilty of contempt of court. |
| contrahent | a contracting party. |
| coplaintiff | a joint plaintiff. |
| covenantee | the person in whose favor a covenant is made. |
| covenanter covenantor | the party who makes a COVENANT. |
| debtee | one to whom a debt is due; a creditor. |
| defendant | a person accused or sued. |
| deforcer | one who DEFORCES, keeps out of possession by force. |
| delator | an accuser; an informer. |
| demandant | one who demands; a plaintiff. |
| earwitness | a witness that can testify from his or her own hearing. |
| endorsee indorseee | the person to whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned by indorsement. |
| essoiner | historically, a person who offered an excuse for someone else's non-appearance in court. |
| exoneree | one who is exonerated of a crime. |
| eyewitness | one who sees an occurrence or an object. |
| feme | a legal term for a woman, as in feme covert, married woman, feme sole, unmarried woman or widow. |
| fiduciary | a person who holds anything in trust > FIDUCIARILY. |
| garnishee | a person warned not to pay money owed to another, because the latter is indebted to the garnisher who gives the warning; (verb) to make someone a GARNISHEE > GARNISHEES, GARNISHEEING, GARNISHEED. |
| grievant | one that submits a complaint for arbitration. |
| guarantor | one who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety. |
| impleader | one who prosecutes or sues another. |
| indictee | one who is indicted. |
| indorsee | see ENDORSEE. |
| interpellant | interrupting; (noun) a person interpellating. |
| intervenor | in law, one who intervenes. |
| jurant | one who takes an oath. |
| juror | a member of a jury. |
| juryman | one who serves on a jury. |
| jurywoman | a woman who serves on a jury. |
| kidnapee kidnappee | one who is kidnapped. |
| libelant libellant | one who brings a charge of libel. |
| libelee libellee | one who is LIBELED. |
| libeler libeller | one who libels. |
| libelist | one who libels. |
| litigant | a person engaged in a lawsuit. |
| litigator | one who litigates. |
| mainpernor | one who gives MAINPRISE, surety for the appearance of a prisoner at trial. |
| muggee | the victim of a MUGGER. |
| murderee | the victim of a murder. |
| nullifier | one who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties. |
| obligor | the person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another. |
| optionee | one who holds a legal option. |
| oratrix | a woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading > ORATRIXES or ORATRICES. |
| pais | the people from whom a jury is drawn. No plural. |
| parolee | someone on PAROLE. |
| patentee | one to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent. |
| pawnee | one to whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn. |
| permittee | one to whom a permission or permit is given. |
| plainant | one who makes complaint; the plaintiff. |
| plaintiff | a person or body suing a defendant in a court of law. |
| pledgee | one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledged is delivered. |
| pledgeor pledger pledgor | a person who deposits something as a pledge or pawn. |
| promisee | the person to whom a promise is made. |
| promisor promissor | one who makes a (legal) promise. |
| recoveree | the person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery. |
| recoveror | the demandant in a common recovery after judgment. |
| registrant | a person who registers, or has registered (a trademark, etc). |
| salvagee | one in whose favour salvage has been effected. |
| settlor | one that makes a legal settlement. |
| signee | a signer of a document. |
| slanderer | one who slanders. |
| suer | one who sues; a suitor. |
| talesman | a bystander chosen to make up a deficiency in a jury. |
| testifier | one who testifies. |
| venireman | a person summoned by VENIRE as a prospective juror. |
| venter | a person who utters or publishes. |
| visne | a jury summoned from the neighbourhood in which the cause of action lies. [OF visne, neighbourhood]. |
| vouchee | the person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery. |
| warrantee | the person to whom a warrant or warranty is made. |
| warranter warrantor | one who warrants. |