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litigant

[lit-i-guhnt] / ˈlɪt ɪ gənt /
NOUN
defendant
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NOUN
plaintiff
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NOUN
respondent
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Recent analysis by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory showed that in 80% of cases at least one parent is a litigant in person.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

It has told every future court, and every future litigant, exactly what its assurances are worth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

What if the judiciary treated the federal government itself as a vexatious litigant?

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

The courts’ primary remedy in such instances is to find the defiant litigant in contempt of court.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025

The litigant public seemed to feel that every moment of this accomplished and distinguished advocate's waking hours was their own, and they were restricting his sleeping hours within the very narrowest limits.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various




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