litigant

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪtɪɡənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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.

Derived terms

• litigant in person

Translations

a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 訴訟當事人／诉讼当事人 (sùsòng dāngshìrén)

• Finnish: asianosainen (fi)
• Hungarian: peres / perben álló fél
• Latin: lītigātor m
• Macedonian: странка f (stranka)

Adjective

litigant (comparative more litigant, superlative most litigant)

1. Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.

   the parties litigant

   • 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:

     litigant Scholars

Latin

Verb

lītigant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of lītigō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French litigant.

Adjective

litigant m or n (feminine singular litigantă, masculine plural litiganți, feminine and neuter plural litigante)

1. litigant

Declension

Declension of litigant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	litigant		litigantă	litiganți	litigante
	definite	litigantul		litiganta	litiganții	litigantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	litigant		litigante	litiganți	litigante
	definite	litigantului		litigantei	litiganților	litigantelor