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Definition of Litigant
1. Noun. (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation. "Plaintiffs and defendants are both litigants"
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Specialized synonyms: Defendant, Suspect, Appellant, Plaintiff In Error, Filer, Complainant, Plaintiff, Prevailing Party
Generic synonyms: Party
Derivative terms: Litigate, Litigate
Definition of Litigant
1. a. Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant.
2. n. A person engaged in a lawsuit.
Definition of Litigant
1. Noun. (legal) A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Litigant
1. one who is engaged in a lawsuit [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Litigant
Literary usage of Litigant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compendium of the Law and Practice of Vendors and Purchasers of Real Estate by Joseph Henry Dart (1883)
"And 4thly, Cases where the successful litigant is wholly or in part fixed with
payment of costs. ..."
2. The Law of Contracts by William Herbert Page (1921)
"Writ obtained by private litigant as act of law. If A enters into a contract with
В which is valid when made, the fact that by proceedings for injunction, ..."
3. Greenleaf and Law in the Federal City by Allen Culling Clark (1901)
"litigant. THE crier observed the friendly features and stalwart form of Mr.
Greenleaf and cried: Oyez, oyez, all persons having business before the ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"If a party litigant considers himself aggrieved by the rulings of a Judge on
exceptions to the report of a referee, he should point out his objections by ..."
5. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"... the possible advantage to a litigant of having a larger panel may be claimed
by him when a change in the law, increasing the number to be returned, ..."
6. The Law of Libel and Slander in Civil and Criminal Cases: As Administered in by Martin L. Newell (1898)
"13. First, the Title — The Court.— In the 'Court of County. STATE OF , > County.
' Term, AD 18—. § 14. Second, Designation of the Parties litigant. ..."
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