litigant

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  1. noun A party engaged in a lawsuit.
  2. adjective Engaged in a lawsuit.

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  • For the common litigant, the e-courts project is lending greater transparency to the judiciary as well as speedy disposal of cases. —  India Press Release
  • This may be the first case where a litigant has been tried for attempting to comply with a U.S. discovery order, but it serves to strongly support the need to perform cross-border e-discovery while complying with EU and country-specific data protection directives.
  • Justice Breyer asked: What if the litigant was a criminal defendant who made a mistake in one part of his proffered jury instructions? —  FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles
  • To counter any bad press create a smear compaign claiming the litigant is an opportunistic, greedy, reckless driver. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • But Pope had so much of the true temper of a litigant, and so loved a nice point, that he might have been expected to raise the question on the first opportunity. —  Obiter Dicta Second Series
 

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  1. French, from Old French, from Latin lītigāns, lītigant-, a disputant, from present participle of lītigāre, to bring suit; see litigate.

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  1. = French litigant = Spanish Portuguese Italian litigante, from Latin litigan(t-)s, present participle of litigare, litigate: see litigate.
 

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/ˈlɪtɪgənt/
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