"litigant" meaning in English

See litigant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɪtɪɡənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-litigant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more litigant [comparative], most litigant [superlative]
Etymology: From French litigant, from Middle French, from Latin litigans, litigantis. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|litigant}} French litigant, {{uder|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-adj}} litigant (comparative more litigant, superlative most litigant)
  1. Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-litigant-en-adj-gbMEbaDo Disambiguation of People: 69 31

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪtɪɡənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-litigant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: litigants [plural]
Etymology: From French litigant, from Middle French, from Latin litigans, litigantis. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|litigant}} French litigant, {{uder|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Law Derived forms: litigant in person Translations (a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit): 訴訟當事人 (Chinese Mandarin), 诉讼当事人 (sùsòng dāngshìrén) (Chinese Mandarin), asianosainen (Finnish), peres / perben álló fél (Hungarian), lītigātor [masculine] (Latin), странка (stranka) [feminine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-litigant-en-noun-E4LFmeUV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 69 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 37 63 Topics: law

Inflected forms

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