See Also: plaint(1)(dictionary)
plaint(2)(dictionary)
PLAINT, Eng(law)
Plaint Note(law)
Plaint Number(law)

plaint(1) (iou)



plaint noun. ME.
[from Old & mod. French plainte use as noun of pa. pple fem. of plaindre, or from Old French plaint, pleint from Latin planctus, from plangere PLAIN verb.]
The action or an act of plaining; (a) lamentation. Now chiefly literary. ME.
L. Durrell Professional mourners..with their plaints for the dead. transf.: F. Norris A jangling of bells and a moaning plaint of gearing.
A statement or representation of wrong, injury, or injustice suffered; a complaint. Formerly also, cause or matter of complaint. arch. ME.
J. Baillie They graciously, His plaint and plea receiv'd. A. Storr Emptiness is a characteristic plaint of depressives.
Law. An oral or written statement of grievance made to a court for the purpose of obtaining redress; an accusation, a charge. ME.
plaintful adjective (long rare) (a) grievous; (b) full of mourning or complaint, mournful: ME.