litigant

Meanings

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.

Origin

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

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