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synonyms for litigant

  • offender
  • prisoner
  • suspect
  • appellant
  • adversary
  • aspirant
  • candidate
  • challenger
  • competitor
  • enemy
  • foe
  • opposition
  • player
  • rival
  • antagonist
  • anti
  • assailant
  • bandit
  • bidder
  • con
  • contestant
  • disputant
  • entrant
  • match
  • opposer
  • counteragent
  • dark horse
  • dissentient
  • oppugnant
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On this page you'll find 160 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to litigant, such as: offender, prisoner, suspect, and appellant.
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How to use litigant in a sentence

Generally, judges have discretion over whether to appoint a guardian, though Milstein said judges often rely on guardians to be their “eyes and ears” on matters involving litigants who can’t make decisions for themselves.
PARENTS WANT JUSTICE FOR BIRTH INJURIES. HOSPITALS WANT TO STRIP THEM OF THE RIGHT TO MAKE THAT DECISION.BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER AND DANIEL CHANG, MIAMI HERALDAPRIL 26, 2021PROPUBLICA
Without a housing element, she noted, the city would be vulnerable to litigants and judges crafting housing plans.
NORTH COUNTY REPORT: ENCINITAS IS READY TO COMPLY WITH STATE HOUSING LAWSJARED WHITLOCKAPRIL 14, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
In order to strike down a law under Section 2, litigants must prove that it both produces racially discriminatory results and connects to social and historical discrimination.
THE SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR A CASE THAT COULD WEAKEN WHAT'S LEFT OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACTSANYA MANSOORMARCH 1, 2021TIME
It is highly unusual for a judge to call a litigant in a proceeding directly.
THE FAMILY COURT JUDGE WHO THREATENED A MOTHER WITH CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR GETTING HER CHILD A COVID-19 TESTBY MARSHALL ALLEN, PROPUBLICA, AND RACHEL DISSELL FOR PROPUBLICADECEMBER 18, 2020PROPUBLICA
The court simply held the County to the same standard as any other litigant.
OBSCURE SHERIFF’S REVIEW BOARD GETS NEW SCRUTINY IN COURTASHLY MCGLONEDECEMBER 3, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
He had his share of brabbling with intricate litigant neighbors; quarrels now and then not to be settled without strokes.
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. III. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLE
He would frequently, against his own interest, persuade a litigant of the injustice of his case, and induce him to throw it up.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME XIIJOHN LORD
The worst cause cannot be so prejudicial to the litigant, as his advocate's or attorney's ignorance or neglect of these forms.
THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE, VOL. I. (OF 12)EDMUND BURKE
If the poor litigant succeeds in his proceedings, the unsuccessful party pays the costs.
THE LAW AND THE POOREDWARD ABBOTT PARRY
No counsel was, therefore, at hand to be employed in the defense of a prisoner or litigant.
A PRINCE OF ANAHUACJAMES A. PORTER
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO LITIGANT

  • appellant
  • litigant
  • offender
  • prisoner
  • suspect
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.