Litigant Definition

lĭtĭ-gənt
litigants
noun
litigants
A party to a lawsuit.
Webster's New World
A party to a legal action.
Webster's New World Law

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

Wiktionary
adjective
Engaged in litigation.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Litigant

Noun

Singular:
litigant
Plural:
litigants

Origin of Litigant

  • French from Old French from Latin lītigāns lītigant- a disputant from present participle of lītigāre to bring suit litigate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin litigans, litigantis.

    From Wiktionary

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