Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A party that makes a claim, especially one that is legally cognizable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person who claims; one who demands anything as his right.
- noun In admiralty proceedings, a person admitted to defend an action in rem brought against goods to which he claims a right.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
claims ; one who makes a claim. - noun UK A
person receivingmoney from thegovernment , in a form of unemploymentbenefits ,disability benefits or similar. - noun law The
party who initiates alawsuit before acourt .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who claims a benefit or right or title
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the next paragraph, the m in claimant is italicised.
The Smithy Code 2006
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I say all this to announce openly that if a real claimant is out there somewhere on the planet -- someone with a real stake in these, some publisher or individual who believes they should be locked up for another few decades, and I don't mean some copyright troll making trouble -- please let me know and I'll take them down.
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Irrigation, another major energy claimant, is requiring more energy worldwide as water tables fall.
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Section 11 plainly requires that the claim state the total sum claimant is seeking.
Personal Injury 2007
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Section 11 plainly requires that the claim state the total sum claimant is seeking.
Court of Claims 2007
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If the claimant is entitled to an award, that compensation is reduced by any collateral source compensation the claimant may have received (this includes life insurance, pension funds, death benefit programs, and payments made by federal, state or local governments).
Think Progress » Rumsfeld Exploits 9/11 To Defend Failed Iraq Policy 2006
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If the claimant is being targetted for persecution then it does not matter that other groups are also being targetted.
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The highest premium - £14,000 - would only be paid to a firm who has moved a long term claimant into work, as long as they have stayed there for at least two years.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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A native title claimant fighting plans to build the LNG precinct says he is confident a meeting organised to settle a dispute between
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Roe says he will be assembling the entire native title claimant group tomorrow to convince them the court action is needed. firstly, and other people, to let them know what's really going on.
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