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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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Jackson didn’t render an ultimate decision on this question, but strongly suggested that she would side with a transgender litigant who presented this argument in a future case.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

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

A. Not invariably, because a litigant may have odd views about the importance of evidence and the time of professional advisers.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand




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