REASONS AND REASONS

In the film “Dogs 2” in a scene in the cement plant someone (I do not remember who) shouts to Franz in Russian: “Franz POZAWI JAKUSZYNA”. A concept that made it very difficult for me during my studies was to mark the party initiating the trial as “REASON”. I thought there was some hidden meaning behind this use of the word “REASON”.

For 4 years we reworked the lecture from the process and it turned out that there is no hidden meaning. From a lecture on the history of the law for 1 year, I remembered that the party initiating the trial was in the OLD LAW called: “PIERCA”, and the opposing party – “SĄPIERZ”. As I finally learned, the words “PLAINTIFF” and “DEFENDANT” have Russian etymology. The word “REASON” is simply bulky, especially when you need to state the REASONS WHY THE PLAINTIFF IS FILING A LAWSUIT.

All this three-word weave: PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT and LAWSUIT, gives me the impression of something placed on my head and it is difficult to know: (a) who is who in space (b) where is the front and where the back, (c) where the right and where the left side, (d) where the cause and where the effect. In English law it is kind of more intuitive: CLAIMANT and RESPONDENT. But the word “CASE” is also used in the sense: “Every party has to suport its CASE”. Here, the word “CASE” means something like “POSITION OF THE PARTY ON”.