Litigant Definition

lĭtĭ-gənt
litigants
noun
litigants
A party to a lawsuit.
Webster's New World
A party to a legal action.
Webster's New World Law

(law) A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.

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Synonyms:
adjective
Engaged in litigation.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Litigant

Noun

Singular:
litigant
Plural:
litigants

Origin of Litigant

  • French from Old French from Latin lītigāns lītigant- a disputant from present participle of lītigāre to bring suit litigate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin litigans, litigantis.

    From Wiktionary

Litigant Sentence Examples

  • If the law helped a litigant to make his case, fine.

  • His/her fate would be no different from that of a conventional legally aided litigant in modern times.

  • In particular, the costs to be allowed to a solicitor litigant in person are to be subject to the two thirds restriction.

  • From the point of view of the unsuccessful litigant, trial by witnesses must have been unsatisfactory at the best of times.

  • But it means that a successful litigant will not receive all the money which he or she has been awarded.

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Words Starting With

LLILIT

Words Ending With

TNTANT

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Words Starting With L and Ending With T

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