plaintiff in error

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
plaintiff in error
    n 1: the party who appeals a decision of a lower court [syn:
         {appellant}, {plaintiff in error}]
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PLAINTIFF IN ERROR. A party who sues out a writ of error, and this whether 
in the court below he was plaintiff or defendant.
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