Definition of Oratrix

1. n. A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading.

Definition of Oratrix

1. Noun. (obsolete) A female plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oratrix

1. a female orator [n -TRICES] - See also: orator

Medical Definition of Oratrix

1. A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oratrix

oratorically
oratories
oratorio
oratorios
oratorious
oratorize
oratorized
oratorizes
oratorizing
orators
oratory
oratour
oratress
oratresses
oratrices
oratrix (current term)
oratrixes
orb
orb web
orbation
orbed
orbicle
orbicles
orbicula
orbiculae
orbicular
orbicular bone
orbicular ligament
orbicular ligament of radius
orbicular muscle

Literary usage of Oratrix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"1882, she gave to your oratrix the further sum of six hundred dollars; ... "That your oratrix is not the owner of and has no interest in any real estate, ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The oratrix is barred of any claim in this suit by the settlement of July 2, 1864. ... delivered the opinion of the court: In 1853 the oratrix, while living ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1905)
"Taylor B. Taylor et al. nity of the said Julia Scarborough, your oratrix inquired of her what your oratrix should do, your oratrix, after a conference ..."

4. Pleading and Practice of the High Court of Chancery by Edmund Robert Daniell, William Frierson Cooper, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1894)
"And your orator and oratrix further charge and complain that the said pretended release or instrument was procured and brought to the said oratrix, ..."

5. The Equity Draftsman: Being a Collection of Precedents, Drawn by Some of the by Frederick Miles Van Heythuysen, John Mitford Redesdale (1816)
"Humbly complaining, shew unto your Honors, your Orator and oratrix TH of , and MAR of , widow, debtors, &c. that in and before the month of , your oratrix ..."

6. Equity Precedents: Supplementary to Mr. Justice Story's Treatise on Equity by George Ticknor Curtis, Joseph Story (1856)
"Humbly complaining sheweth unto your honors your oratrix LC of, &c. That PC the late husband of your oratrix, was in his lifetime, and during the time he ..."

7. A Treatise Upon the Practice of the Court of Chancery: With an Appendix of Forms by Murray Hoffman (1840)
"And your orator and oratrix further show unto your honour, that the whole amount of the property, real and personal, which has been forthcoming to your ..."

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