Plaintiff对应下俩哪个选项？

A、A person authorized to act on another’s behalf; esp lawyer

B、a body of laws and legal concepts which come down from old Roman laws established by Emperor Justinian

C、the party who initiates a lawsuit by filing a complaint with the clerk of the court against the defendant(s) demanding damages, performance and/or court determination of rights.

D、the party sued in a civil lawsuit or the party charged with a crime in a criminal prosecution. In some types of cases (such as divorce) a defendant may be called a respondent.