relator: Meaning and Definition of

re•la•tor

Pronunciation: (ri-lā'tur), [key]
— n.
  1. a person who relates or tells; narrator.
    1. a private person on whose suggestion or complaint certain writs, as a quo warranto, are issued and whose position is analogous to that of a plaintiff.
    2. a party in interest who is allowed to institute a proceeding in the name of a public official when the right to sue rests exclusively in that official.
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