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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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"What we're now finding is that a litigant in person, unsure of their rights because no-one's helping them, goes to the internet and inputs it into an AI service," says Glynn.

From BBC • May 20, 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

Ridley-Thomas’ appellate case marks Watford’s first time appearing as a litigant before his former colleagues since he left the bench in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

On the occasion of a dispute between two of his vassals about the boundaries of a manor, the defeated litigant bribed one of Nobunaga's principal staff-officers to appeal for reversal of the judgment.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)




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