[noisy_boy]

> And this on no small matter: it is about hiding that the plaintiff died before the trial. And it is not clear whether it is ok or not.

I think the scenario in question had the complaining witness dying. Is a complaining witness same as plaintiff? I would think the plaintiff in this scenario is the state. Genuine doubt as I'm not a lawyer.

[parsimo2010]

They the same thing with possible procedural differences (what they get called depending on the type of case) in some places https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaintiff

Legally speaking they are different, but to the layperson they mean the same thing (both are the ones on the opposite side of the defendant).