โจทก์

From Pali codaka (“crier”) or Sanskrit चोदक (codaka, idem). Cognate with Khmer ចោទ (caot), ចោទកៈ (caotkaʾ), ចោទក៍.

โจทก์ • (jòot)

1. (in civil proceedings) plaintiff.
2. (in criminal proceedings) prosecutor.

• In the Thai legal system, the term is only used in courts of justice. In administrative courts, an instituting party is called ผู้ฟ้องคดี (literally “case instituter”). In the Constitutional Court, such a party is known as ผู้ร้อง (literally “petitioner”).

• จำเลย (jam-ləəi, “defendant”)