relator

Example Sentences

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The government had declined to intervene in the lawsuit but praised the relator for having “diligently pursued this matter on behalf of the United States” over a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

The plaintiff, called a relator, sends the lawsuit and a statement to federal authorities, who can choose to intervene.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the general relator for the event, called the inclusion of women and lay members in the voting pool “not a revolution but an important change.”

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2023

His wife, who filed for divorce on June 1, a week after George Floyd was killed, worked as a photographer and relator at the time.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2020

The impersonal relator is omniscient, but his omniscience is not so obtrusive as in the story that touches on the facts of the soul.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders