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litigant

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English

Etymology

From French litigant, from Middle French, from Latin litigans.

Pronunciation

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.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

litigant (comparative more litigant, superlative most litigant)

  1. Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.
    the parties litigant
    • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. [], London: [] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe [], →OCLC:
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Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French litigant.

Noun

litigant

  1. (law) litigant: a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit

Further reading

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Latin

Verb

lītigant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of lītigō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French litigant.

Adjective

litigant m or n (feminine singular litigantă, masculine plural litiganți, feminine and neuter plural litigante)

  1. litigant

Declension

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