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litigant

/ˈlɪtɪɡənt/

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What does litigant mean?

noun

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

adjective

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

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈlɪtɪɡənt/

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Sometimes a party litigant offered the king a certain portion, a half, a third, a fourth, payable out of the debts which he, as the executor of justice, should assist in recovering.
Lysander SpoonerAn Essay on the Trial By JuryProject Gutenberg ebook #1201
Now, in law, the litigant who accepts the authority of a title in one particular must accept it in all; it is not allowable to divide the documents and proofs.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444