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Definition of Litigants
1. litigant [n] - See also: litigant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Litigants
Literary usage of Litigants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"Finally, the judicial interrogatory of the two parties cannot be omitted, whether
it takes place at the request of the litigants, or because the judge ..."
2. A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws; Or, Private International Law by Francis Wharton (1906)
"Such common domicil of foreign litigants cannot override positive ... Then,
secondly, even the express agreement of litigants domiciled in a foreign land ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Suretyship and Guaranty by Darius Harlan Pingrey (1900)
"AGREEMENT OF litigants.—Sureties are discharged by any agreement of the litigants
by which the obligation of rhe judgment appealed from is varied, ..."
4. Law of Mandamus by Samuel Slaughter Merrill (1892)
"litigants cannot by agreement create duties which courts may be compelled by
mandamus to perform.— Since the writ of mandamus lies only to enforce duties ..."
5. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn (1842)
"... to assume and choose a notary for reducing the acts of court in every cause
into writing, yet he may be refused by the litigants: for the use of a ..."
6. A Treatise on Attorneys at Law by Edward Mark Thornton, Hiram Thomas (1914)
"Because of Representing Nonresident litigants. — In some jurisdictions, under
statutory and court rule authority, a liability for costs is imposed upon ..."
7. Handbook of Jurisdiction and Procedure in United States Courts by Robert Morton Hughes (1913)
"SAME—SAME—PLURALITY OF litigants 102. In the case of more than one plaintiff or
... Jurisdiction as Affected by the Number of litigants Heretofore the ..."
8. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The court will make no discrimination between litigants in the requirements which
we have found necessary arid have always adhered to. Appeal dismissed. ..."
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