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litigant
[lit-i-guhnt]
noun
a person engaged in a lawsuit.
adjective
litigating; engaged in a lawsuit.
litigant
/ ˈɪɪɡəԳ /
noun
a party to a lawsuit
adjective
engaged in litigation
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
In nearly half the cases, the guilty parties are pro-se litigants — that is, people pursuing a case without a lawyer.
California has been joined by other states in all but one of those lawsuits, and has formally backed litigants against the administration in nearly 20 additional cases, too.
It has filed 15 lawsuits against the administration, all but one alongside other states, and filed briefs in support of other litigants suing the federal government in at least 18 additional cases.
Gen. Rob Bonta’s office has already sued the Trump administration more than a dozen times and expressed support for litigants suing the administration in at least half a dozen other cases.
It has also filed its support for litigants against the administration in at least a half-dozen other cases.
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When To Use
A litigant is a person engaged in a lawsuit.To litigate is to engage in a legal proceeding, such as a lawsuit. It can mean to bring a lawsuit or to contest one.The word especially refers to what lawyers do in such a proceeding. In fact, another name for a lawyer is litigator, especially a lawyer who specializes in civil cases. Less commonly, litigator can also be used as a synonym for litigant.The process of engaging in a legal proceeding is called litigation. To be in litigation typically means to be engaged in a civil legal proceeding (as opposed to a criminal one, in which one is said to be on trial).Litigant can also be used as an adjective to describe someone engaged in litigation, but this is much less common than its use as a noun.Example: The litigants have agreed to avoid further litigation and settle out of court.
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