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单词 litigants
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litigant

noun

lit·​i·​gant ˈli-ti-gənt How to pronounce litigant (audio)
: one engaged in a lawsuit
litigant adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This won’t be the last time that the court is tempted by a litigant’s narrative. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 14 July 2022 The case is also one of only three times in which Mathis asked a litigant to come to his chambers after taping (the others involved a mother whose sons were addicted to heroin and a woman who was a domestic violence victim). Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 4 May 2022 No doubt a determined litigant would be able to use numbers that aren’t test scores to make a case that race is still being used as a plus factor in admissions. Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2022 Yet in private, business and political life, Trump is a serial and often frivolous litigant and regards the court system as a way to delay accountability as much as an enforcement mechanism for the law. Stephen Collinson, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021 Cases like these do not really affect anyone other than the litigant. Patricia Fersch, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021 The first celebrated white litigant against an affirmative-action program was Marco DeFunis, who had been turned down by the University of Washington’s law school. Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021 That immediately prompted Robert Davis, a serial litigant who is also a member of this lawsuit, to ask Parker to hold Wood in contempt of court. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 23 July 2021 Robert Davis, a serial litigant in Detroit who sued to become a part of this lawsuit, notified Parker about Wood's post and asked her to put him in jail for violating the rules. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1659, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

litigant

noun

lit·​i·​gant ˈli-ti-gənt How to pronounce litigant (audio)
: an active party to litigation

litigants

noun

plural of litigant
as in defendants
law someone who brings a legal action against another person or against whom a legal action is brought Both litigants chose to represent themselves in court.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • defendants
  • parties
  • plaintiffs
  • complainants
  • suitors
  • accused
  • petitioners
  • suers
  • pleaders
  • appellants
  • appellees
  • accusers
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