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• A decision of the Court of King's Bench, Bullock v. Dodds, where the plaintiff was an emancipist, seemed to peril their freedom and property. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2), by John West
• One would fancy from reading them that the plaintiff was a monster resembling the bloodthirsty ogre of a fairy tale, bullying judges, overawing juries, maliciously bent on crushing the free-born American who should have the temerity to express an unfavorable opinion of his writings. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of James Fenimore Cooper by Thomas R. Lounsbury
• A hot-shit firm like that would ordinarily never represent a noncorporate plaintiff, but this plaintiff is the daughter of one of its sharky securities partners. —  EverywhereThatMaryWent
• I am wholly ignorant of what the plaintiff was apprized of in relation to the election, as I had no communication with him directly or indirectly; and as to the expectation of a change of votes from Mr. Jefferson to Mr. Burr, I never knew a better ground for it than the opinions and calculations of a number of members. —  Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2.
• "Moreover, no meaningful settlement conferences can be held unless and until a plaintiff is able to prove that he or she has a credible diagnosis of an asbestos related disease and has actually suffered an injury as the result of asbestos exposure," she wrote. —  Madison County Record

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