What is CLAIMANT? Definition of CLAIMANT in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
As used in escheat proceeding, persons interested in the estate as heirs. In re Peers' Estate, 234 Iowa 403, 12 N.W.2d 894, 895. As used in statute regarding processing tax refunds, one from whom tax has been collected. Upchurch Packing Co. v. United States, D.C.Ga., 53 F.Supp. 791, 793. One who claims or asserts a right, demand or claim though sometimes "claimant" has a more restricted meaning. Weisgerber v. Workmen's Compensation Bureau, 70 N.D. 165, 292 N.W. G27, 630, 128 A.L.R. 1482.
In admiralty practice. A person who lays claim to property seized on a libel in rem, and is authorized and admitted to defend the action. 'The Conqueror, 17 S.Ct. 510, 166 U.S. 110, 41 L.Ed. 937; Thirty Hogsheads of Sugar, Bentzon, Claimant v. Boyle, 9 Cranch, 191, 3 L.Ed. 701.
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