| n. | 1. | One who relates; a relater. |
| 2. | (Law) A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed. |
RELATOR. A rehearser or teller; one who, by leave of court, brings an
information in the nature of a quo warranto.
2. At common law, strictly speaking, no such person as a relator to an
information is known; he being a creature of the statute 9 Anne, c. 20.
3. In this country, even where no statute similar to that of Anne
prevails, informations are allowed to be filed by private persons desirous
to try their rights, in the name of the attorney general, and these are
commonly called relators; though no judgment for costs can be rendered for
or against them. 2 Dall. 112; 5 Mass. 231; 15 Serg. & Rawle, 127; 3 Serg. &
Rawle, 52; Ang. on Corp. 470. In chancery the relator is responsible for
costs. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4022.