litigant

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French litigant, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin litigans, litigantis.

Noun

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.

Adjective

litigant (comparative more litigant, superlative most litigant)

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

   the parties litigant

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) lītigant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of lītigō