forensic: complaint

The allegations of fact and law, by a plaintiff in a civil action, that give rise to the claim of relief from the court. The complaint is the civil analogue of the criminal indictment.*

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*Committee on Psychiatry and Law, of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry The Mental Health Professional and the Legal System Paperback 1992 American Psychiatric Press