Definition of complaint

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Complaint (n.) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity..

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Murmurous :: Murmurous (a.) Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring.
Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; -- often with at or against..
Plaintless :: Plaintless (a.) Without complaint; unrepining.
Plaining :: Plaining (n.) Complaint.
Querimony :: Querimony (n.) A complaint or complaining.
Querulous :: Querulous (v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice..
Whiningly :: Whiningly (adv.) In a whining manner; in a tone of mean complaint.
Complaint :: Complaint (n.) Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding..
Suggestion :: Suggestion (n.) Charge; complaint; accusation.
Iceland Moss :: Iceland moss () A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent..
Plaint :: Plaint (n.) Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament..
Complaintful :: Complaintful (a.) Full of complaint.
Crimination :: Crimination (n.) The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint.
Arraign :: Arraign (v. t.) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.
Grievancer :: Grievancer (n.) One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint.
Reprehensory :: Reprehensory (a.) Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint..
Repine :: Repine (v. i.) To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.
Declaration :: Declaration (n.) That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3..
Certiorari :: Certiorari (n.) A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court..
Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice..
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