Etymology

litigant

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Today it means: A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit. Full definition →

French litigant ← Latin litigans
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  1. Latin · derived fromlitigans
  2. French · derived fromlitigant
  3. English todaylitigant

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

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