relator

Example Sentences

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If it intervenes, it takes over management of the lawsuit though the relator remains a party; the latter can receive 15% to 25% of any recovery.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

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

Only “when the government decides it does not want to join the case can the relator proceed independently.”

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2022

Cardinal Cláudio Hummes of Brazil, whom Francis appointed as relator general, or chairman, of the synod, acknowledged the service of women in his opening address to the plenary.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2019

He was asked by the relator whether the commissions were signed and sealed, but declined to respond to such inquiries, as did also the officers of the department.

From Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Van Buren, Martin