Associations to the word «Litigant»

Wiktionary

LITIGANT, noun. (legal) A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.
LITIGANT, adjective. Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.
LITIGANT IN PERSON, noun. (legal) A litigant without an attorney.

Dictionary definition

LITIGANT, noun. (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation; "plaintiffs and defendants are both litigants".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats