Quote Originally Posted by bitpicker View Post
Only lawyers need to care about plaintiffs and defendants without articles.
Thanks. It made me smile because I am a lawyer so I need to care. And I just want to understand the reason. I like the option saying that "plaintiff" without the determinder is just a replaced name of a man who is suing someone. But I do not believe that this is correct because in all such sentences the author speaks generally. And even in one sentence he uses both variants (with and without the determinder). I am completely confused