Meanings
nounlitigant (plural litigants)
plural litigants
- lawA party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.
adjectivelitigant (comparative more litigant, superlative most litigant)
comparative more litigant · superlative most litigant
- Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.
the parties litigant
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litigant Scholars
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinlitigans
- Frenchlitigant
- Englishlitigant
From French litigant, from Middle French, from Latin litigans.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 訴訟當事人 /诉讼当事人
- 訴訟當事人 /诉讼当事人 (sùsòng dāngshìrén)a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit
Finnish asianosainen
- asianosainena party suing or being sued in a lawsuit
Hindi प्रतिवादी
- प्रतिवादी (prativādī)a party suing or being sued in a lawsuit
Hungarian peres / perben álló fél
- peres / perben álló féla party suing or being sued in a lawsuit
Latin lītigātor
- lītigātora party suing or being sued in a lawsuit
Malay litigan
- litigana party suing or being sued in a lawsuit
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APA
litigant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litigant
MLA
“litigant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litigant. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “litigant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litigant.
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