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Variables petitioner and respondent provide detailed information about all parties, except the identity of the state if a state (or one of its subdivisions) is a party, petitioner and respondent variables note only whether a state is a party, not the state's name.
plaintiff: the one who has a complaint and went to court to fix it. defendant: the one who is the reason of the complaint. In civil court these are terms that are used to idenâ¦tify the parties to the suit. The PLAINTIFF, is the aggrieved party who is initiating the lawsuit (i.e.- the one who is suing).