乍看上去，上述单词或词组似乎均有“受害人”的含义， 但究其内涵差异却极大。首先是aggrieved party，因单词aggrieve 在表示“伤害”或“不公正对待”时，只适用于法律场合情况下的伤害[1]，故在法律英语中，aggrieved party (也称为party aggrieved 或person aggrieved)专指在司法或准司法程序中其合法权益受到伤害或不公正对待者，即受到认为不公正的判决、命令或惩处者。按规定，此种人具有上诉或申诉之权利地位(standing as an appellant or a petitioner or a complaint) [2]。为与其他“受害人”相区别，最好将其译为“受屈人”[3]或“权益受侵害人”或不服判决、命令等的“上诉人”或“申诉人” [4]。 因此，the aggrieved party in a case便应为“案件受屈人”，指在案件中的受到不公正待遇者，或“案件申（上）诉人”，指案件中的plaintiff或petitioner,而不应是有些词典中的“案件中受害的一方”或“被害人”[5]。injured person和victim则是指其权利、财产或人身等受到其他当事人伤害者，injured party指法律诉讼中的曾受到另一方当事人行为伤害的“受害人”，即原告[6]。victim尤指犯罪、侵权或其他过错行为之受害人[7]。
    
[1 ] “ Aggrieve ： ( to bring grief to ； to treat unfairly) is now used almost exclusively in legal contexts, and almost always in the form of a past participle. ” Cf. Bryan A. Gamer, A Dictionary of Modem Legal Usage，2nd edition, at p. 39，Oxford University Press Ltd. (1995).
[2] “A party with a legally recognized interest that is injuriously affected, esp. by an act of a judicial or quasi-judicial body and that confers standing to appeal. " Cf. Linda Picard Wood, J. D. , Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Law，at p. 354, Merriam-Webster, Incorporated (1996 ). “ One whose right has been directly and injuriously affected by action of court. One whose pecuniary interest in subject matter of an action is directly and injuriously affected or whose right of property is either established or divested by complained of decision. ” Cf. The Publisher's Editorial Staff, Blade's Law Dictionary, abridged 6th edition, at p. 775, West Publishing Co. (1991).
[3] 参见英汉法律词汇编辑委员会编：《英汉法律词汇》，香港律政司1998年版，第44页。
[4] 参见[日]田中英夫编：《英米法辞典》，东京大学出版会1996年版，第 38页。
[5] 参见陆谷孙编：《英汉大词典》，上海译文出版社1995年版，第62页; 《英汉法律词典》编委会编：《英汉法律词典》，法律出版社1999年版，第34页。
[6] " Party in a court case which has been harmed by another party. ” Cf. P. H. Collin, Dictionary of Law, 2nd edition, at p. 279，Peter Collin Publishing Ltd. (1993).
[7] “A person harmed by a crime, tort, or other wrong. ” Cf. Bryan A. Gamer, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th edition, at p. 1416, West Group (1999).