litigant

From French litigant, from Middle French, from Latin litigans, litigantis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪtɪɡənt/

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litigant (plural litigants)

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

• litigant in person

litigant (comparative more litigant, superlative most litigant)

1. Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.

   the parties litigant

   • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:

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lītigant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of lītigō

Borrowed from French litigant.

litigant m or n (feminine singular litigantă, masculine plural litiganți, feminine and neuter plural litigante)

1. litigant