HOW TO PRONOUNCE
litigant
/ˈlɪtɪɡənt/
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What does litigant mean?
noun
- A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.
adjective
- 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.
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.