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Webster 1913 Edition


Litigant

Lit′i-gant

,
Adj.
[L.
litigans
,
-antis
, p. pr. of
litigare
: cf. F.
litigant
. See
Litigate
.]
Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit;
as, the parties
litigant
.
Ayliffe.

Lit′i-gant

,
Noun.
A person engaged in a lawsuit.

Webster 1828 Edition


Litigant

LIT'IGANT

,
Adj.
[See Litigate.] Contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as the parties litigant.

LIT'IGANT

,
Noun.
A person engaged in a lawsuit.

Definition 2024


litigant

litigant

English

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.

Adjective

litigant (comparative more litigant, superlative most litigant)

  1. Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.
    the parties litigant
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Latin

Verb

lītigant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of lītigō