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Statutes > Minnesota > 565-566 > 565 > 565_22565.22 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.Generally.
For the purposes of Laws 1979, chapter 18 the terms in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.Claimant.
"Claimant" means a party asserting, in a pleading before a court, a claim for the recovery of possession of personal property, whether the claim is asserted in a complaint, counterclaim or reply.
Subd. 3.Respondent.
"Respondent" means a person against whom a claimant asserts a claim and who has, or is alleged to have, possession of the personal property which the claimant seeks to recover.
History:
1979 c 18 s 2
