Dictionary

litigant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɪtɪɡənt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.
   • the parties litigant
   • litigant Scholars 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:

Forms

litigant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɪtɪɡənt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

litigant in person · nonlitigant

Translations (7)

mk странка (a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit) · fi asianosainen (a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit) · hu peres / perben álló fél (a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit) · la lītigātor (a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit) · hi प्रतिवादी (a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit) · ms litigan (a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit) · cmn 訴訟當事人 /诉讼当事人 (a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit)